New Keys

[chris3boro]

Hi, I currently have the 3 button fob for my puma, but that's all I have. I want basically the same again (another 3 button fob which controls the RCL and will start the car using the key)

I asked at ford but they said I'd need to buy 2 more fobs/keys aswell as the 1 I have, then they would use a computer to programme them.

I'm wondering if anywhere else would be able to do this as otherwise this'll be expensive! Plus I only want 1 more fob, not 2 as Ford say I need.

Thanks! Chris.

 

[cherwass]

I tried the same but I ended up having to go to Fords! They r the only ones that can do it and u can be sure that it won't stuff up all your locking system. Someone else might know better by now but that was nearly 2 years ago. Hope that helps

 

[Dal]

If you want to do it DIY, you need 2 different keys that will start the car before you can reprogramme one yourself. Otherwise it's a Ford job.

Other specialists may be able to do it, but as you say Cher, Ford are best really as if they screw it up, they can put it right.

 

[chris3boro]

Oh, so basically it's gonna be expensive! So if I buy a key with the 3 buttons on it from ebay theres NO way I could get that programmed to work using my current key? Surely there must be a way!!!

 

[Dal]

Not without a Ford computer you won't. Or else it'd be easy for car thieves to just make a key wouldn't it?

 

[chris3boro]

Not without a Ford computer you won't. Or else it'd be easy for car thieves to just make a key wouldn't it?

Yeh I suppose! Hmmm alright then, thanks.

 

[Puman Being]

Another option is to get a horse shoe blade cut at a Ford garage for under a fiver.
Buy a 3 button fob off ebay (anywhere between £5- £20)
then call out one of them mobile locksmith guys to Program the key to your immobilizer (i was quoted £30 for this doing)...
if they charge extra for programming the remote central locking side of it just follow the instructions on here.
Once you got 2 keys you can program more fully working ones yourself.

the ford dealers quoted me £80 for a standard non-button key which would only start the engine, and £155 for a fully working remote c/l key

 

[chris3boro]

Another option is to get a horse shoe blade cut at a Ford garage for under a fiver.
Buy a 3 button fob off ebay (anywhere between £5- £20)
then call out one of them mobile locksmith guys to Program the key to your immobilizer (i was quoted £30 for this doing)...
if they charge extra for programming the remote central locking side of it just follow the instructions on here.
Once you got 2 keys you can program more fully working ones yourself.

the ford dealers quoted me £80 for a standard non-button key which would only start the engine, and £155 for a fully working remote c/l key

Thanks, I'm going to ring around see if anyone can help me out.

 

[e3silversurfer]

I cut a spare key today at fords at £3.89 (the blade only, not the entire key) at least I dont have to worry about worn keys in future as it is quite cheap to replace the key blade.

 

[red]

Not bad at all

 

[Wildcat]

Hi
Can you let me know how you get on as I have only one key...the original, I presume.. with only 2 buttons on it & wanted to get another.
I have also been looking at the info on E Bay for 3 button keys & for buying new blades & there's even a guy who says he will sell you the info on how to reprogramme a new key yourself for 99p!
Cheers

 

[Cherie]

Unfortunately, as you only have one key, the most reliable way of getting another is to grit yuor teeth and go to a Ford garage. They charge a fair bit: £80 at last reckoning, but it'll need programming to to the in-built immobiliser to work.

A blade key can be cut by any key cutter, but it'll only open the doors.

We have a guide for reprogramming a remote fob >here< you don't need to buy it.

The two button and three button remotes are completely different and can't be interchanged. The two button is infrared and the three button radio.

 

[Wildcat]

Oh really!
So I can't buy one of the 3 button remotes off E Bay & then programme it because my original is a 2 button? Have I got that right?
You say Ford's have to programme the key in order to overide the immobiliser and start the engine?
I can programme it for remote locking, yes?

 

[red]

Unfortunately not

The 2 Button and 3 Button remotes work completely differently.

The 2 Button remotes were found on earlier models which had Infrared wireless control whereas the 3 Button remote uses Radio Frequency and hence the two are incompatible.

 

[Dal]

..
The two button and three button remotes are completely different and can't be interchanged. The two button is infrared and the three button radio.

Unfortunately not

The 2 Button and 3 Button remotes work completely differently.

The 2 Button remotes were found on earlier models which had Infrared wireless control whereas the 3 Button remote uses Radio Frequency and hence the two are incompatible.

Is it me, or is that what Cherie just said?

 

[DradusContact]

If Red stops doing that, what will he have to say?

 

[Wildcat]

Hey, I'm just glad someone is trying to help!!

So the bottom line is I am going to have to bite the bullet and go to Ford for a 2 button remote key in order to have a spare that will overide the immobiliser, have I got that right?
Looks like I need a cambelt change so should I ask them about that as well as was reading threads saying that some smaller independent mechanics don't have the right 'tools'????

 

[Dal]

Hey, I'm just glad someone is trying to help!!

So the bottom line is I am going to have to bite the bullet and go to Ford for a 2 button remote key in order to have a spare that will overide the immobiliser, have I got that right?

Yes - unless your close to Pumabuild or Pumaspeed as they can probably do it.

Looks like I need a cambelt change so should I ask them about that as well as was reading threads saying that some smaller independent mechanics don't have the right 'tools'????

They might have the right tools for a std 1.7 as they're not that uncommon. If your not sure, then go to Ford in my opinion or th etwo specialists listed above.

 

[Puman Being]

Wildcat, you have a PM

 

[Wildcat]

PM?