Does anyone know if there is anyway apart from ford to get a chipped key programmed to start a car ? only been given one key with my FRP and my local ford dealer want £180 for a key and to program it must be a cheaper option, anyone on here do it or work for ford ?

 

There are independants now that come to you, and cost a LOT less than that.
I had a red master and another black key supplied programmed, and the old keys deleted(repo car), and that was £58, about 2 years ago, from a ford dealer, other ford dealers wanted up to £170 though so shop around a lot.
tabetha

 

yep they do rip you off, the missus took her fiesta ZS to get another key and they wanted £150 for a new key and to program it, i thought it was way too much so rang up the manager and he gave me some crap about how its a really in depth procedure because of a system called IDS blah blah blah......he was a little shocked when i said oh really seeing as we use IDS for range rovers and the landies at work and i know it takes a max of 5-10 mins!
still he wouldnt budge even though i gave him the warranty code and book time which was 0.3 hours time to program, neverless the missus needed a key then and there so we had to do it

 

-------right listen up!!!!!!!!!!
senario!!------two keys both used to work but one has worn out others fine
so i need a spare!!!!
get your key cut to match your working one.
now the new key will open doors etc etc but wont send message to engine to fire!!!
hence the transponder needs programing------NO IT DONT!!!(WELL YES IT DOES BUT PAY ATTENTION)))--------LIFT THE RED LITTLE CAP FROM YOUR NONE WORKING KEY NOW WITH TWEEZERS REMOVE THE TRANSPONDER AND PUT IT INTO YOUR NEWLY CUT KEY!!!(AFTER REMOVING YOUR RED CAP FROM YOUR NEW ONE-
FINISH BY POPPING THE RED CAPS BACK!!!!!!!-----TWO KEYS WORKING-
MOST CAR ACCESSORY CAN PLUG INTO YOU ECU TO READ AND WRITE FROM A ECU-
NO PROBLEMS--------FORD KEEP IT HIGH TO KID YOU!!!
GOING BACK TO MY FIRST PART REGARDING SWAPPING TRANSPONDERS HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY NOW!!!!!----------
A COMPANY ON WESTDALE LANE-NOTTINGHAM WILL READ AND WRITE AND SUPPLY YOU WITH A RED KEY(MASTER) AND A STANDARD RED SPOT KEY-----££££££££££60!!!
F--------CK FORDS -ROBBING BASTERS -ALEDGEDLY!!LOL
COME ON FORD EMPOLYEES TAKE ME ON AND SAY IM WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

i knew you caould take the key chip out but didnt know about this place in nots doing it for so cheap! nice one fella!
yeah ford ae robbing but then again so is landrover, at least ford doesnt have £100 an hour labour charge plus VAT like we do lol

 

I work for a ford main dealer as a supervisor , and it aint just the cost of the IDS that is the problem a full kit now costs about £6000 from Ford , we also have to pay for the right to use it , also we have to pay for access rights to get the " in codes " so we can reprogramme the new key .

I agree £180 is expensive , but using ford times it is about 0.7 of an hour and key from ford now is charged more cos parts have been told they have to charge a " cutting fee " to help pay for updated cutting equipment that is meant to be supplied very soon .

Not trying to get into an in depth discussion just trying to give people a balanced view of the invisible costs involved , also the fact that we also have to use IDS for most warranty jobs to raise an RVC ( Repair Validation Code ) means that IDS time is at a premium within the workshop .