[DeTomaso] [NPC] Can you get a key-less entry fob with just the VIN for a Chevy van?

[Thomas Tornblom]

MikeLDrew at aol.com skrev:
> In a message dated 11/18/07 12 38 36, Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se writes:
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>> Is it possible to get a new fob in the US using just the VIN, or any
>> other method that does not involve shipping the car or last fob over to
>> the US?
>>
> 
> I have helped my old roommate out with a similar problem.   She bought a 
> Mercedes and lost one of the $200 keys and needed a replacement.   Dealers and 
> manufacturers are very sensitive about this sort of thing.   She actually had to 
> come back to the USA and show her ID, registration and copy of the vehicle 
> title before they would sell her a key.
> 
> I just tried to phone the Chevy dealer in town, but their parts department is 
> closed on weekends (uh, hello, isn't the weekend when most people are 
> repairing their own cars?)
> 
> I'll try to phone 'em tomorrow and find out what, if anything, can be done.   

Thanks for your effort Mike!

I really think we should be thankful that the dealers take security 
seriously, but occasionally it just isn't practical.

I had a similar problem recently when my daughter bought her first car, 
an old (1995) VW Golf, and it is one of the first to have an 
immobilizer, and an ignition key with a transponder. She only got one 
key, and the previous owner said he also received just one key.

I went to the VAG dealer and ordered a key for the car. After a few days 
they called me back and said that the car was so old that they had 
purged their database and no longer had the required information to make 
a new key, with the proper programming.

Fortunately they did recommend me to go to one of the lock specialists 
in town and they were able to copy the information in the remaining 
key/transponder so she now has two sets of keys, just in case. :-)

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> Mike
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Cheers,
Thomas