Key card

[james lee]

Can anyone help! i have, until i can get rid of it a 2003 megane with high milage and 1 key card. I used it thursday with no problems, On Friday morning tried to start the car and was met with a message "card not detected". Break down service could not help Renault Liverpool quote £185 for a new card or £85 for a re code. is there anyone else who has suffered this without warning and is there any other way around this costly issue.

[walibe]

Although it should still detect it when you get in have you tried changing the battery in it?

[james lee]

Yes i put a new battery in it yesterday put card in no detection.

[walibe]

Probably is the card then. That price sucks.

[james lee]

Yep i feared as much now have to arrange a tow to renault liverpool with the problem of the steering lock on the heap being on. Added to the fact that it is facing the wrong way on the drive.

[walibe]

Don't worry about that, any experienced recovery assistant can easily get round that.

[72uoba]

You only have one card?

[james lee]

Yes one card and one card only with the car, i would be grateful if someone could let me know anyway around this problem as i really don't want to pay £190.00 for a new card.

[P4DDY]

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E SAME PROBS....IF YOU LOOK ON EBAY YOU WILL COME ACROSS A REPAIR SERVICE Automobile Locksmith Supply Company
Unit 5 Road End Farm Yard
Great Casterton Road
PE9 4BB Stamford
Lincolnshire
United Kingdom

Member of British Locksmith Institute - License #: 103139
SENT MY CARD TO THEM. 2 DAY TURN AROUND IF THAY CAN'T FIX IT FULL REFUND WILL BE GIVEN 60 DAY WARRENTRY ON ALL REPAIRS WELL WORTH A LOOK SENT MINE OF TODAY HOPE TO HAVE IT BACK ON MONDAY, WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW I GET ON....MANAGED TO GET A SECOND USER FROM THE AUCTION SITE JUST NEEDS RECODING TO MY CAR FOR ABOUT £40 FROM Automobile Locksmith AUTO ELECTRIC THEN IM SORTED IT'S NOT WORTH JUST HAVING 1 KEY CARD

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[Ray]

i've no idea how they manage it, but used cards are not able to be re-programmed.