Lost key
#1
Lost key
Just back from a great vacation out of the country, but managed to lose my key ring in the airplane or somewhere. So now my wife and I are sharing one smart key for our 2008 HCH.
Local locksmiths charge about the same as my dealer, who quotes $155 for the key and programming. (And I just discovered they had sent me a $25 off coupon in the mail!). So I may go in tomorrow for what they say is up to a three-hour process.
Alternatively, there are some mail-order outfits that purport to have replacement keys that can be programmed, all for under $40 (I suppose I have to find a locksmith to cut the key).
Getting the key done at my dealer won't bankrupt me--it's a lot less than a day in the hotel where we stayed--but what would YOU do?
Local locksmiths charge about the same as my dealer, who quotes $155 for the key and programming. (And I just discovered they had sent me a $25 off coupon in the mail!). So I may go in tomorrow for what they say is up to a three-hour process.
Alternatively, there are some mail-order outfits that purport to have replacement keys that can be programmed, all for under $40 (I suppose I have to find a locksmith to cut the key).
Getting the key done at my dealer won't bankrupt me--it's a lot less than a day in the hotel where we stayed--but what would YOU do?
#3
Re: Lost key
Thanks, S Keith. As always, you are the great HCH resource. And $155 minus a $25 coupon is even a better deal.
This is the same dealer that, on a routine oil change, added on replacing the cabin air filter, without my OK, for $70 labor. I will watch them like a hawk....
This is the same dealer that, on a routine oil change, added on replacing the cabin air filter, without my OK, for $70 labor. I will watch them like a hawk....
#5
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I should share my happy ending: I had called the hotel in Israel where I’d lost my keys. They couldn’t find them.
A few days later, they called. The keys had fallen between our two beds. They mailed them to me.
I’m glad I delayed replacing them. Now we have Tiles our key rings.
Thanks for the advice, folks!
A few days later, they called. The keys had fallen between our two beds. They mailed them to me.
I’m glad I delayed replacing them. Now we have Tiles our key rings.
Thanks for the advice, folks!
#6
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That's a great thing! You have got the keys in the end without spending time to find a locksmith near your location.
#7
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I also used locksmith acworth ga for getting the new key and they charged reasonable cost for it.
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