Key stolen ! Rats !!!

[qsilverza]

Hi All,

Left my bag with my MTBgear along with my Bora Remote Flip key in my GF's car outside her house, easily stolen with her type of car.

Luckily the bag did not have my address anywhere, but my guess is they know my car and the area and are looking for a joy-ride at a later date as I managed to find most of the rest of the gear including sunnies !!! Weird.

On the list of stolen stuff,

A proper Leatherman
Keys with Keyfob
IPOD (Semi broken so I don't care)


So my question is, can I take the car to have the ignition barrel and remote re-programmed so the car rejects them or do I have to have an aftermarket alarm installed as well as fork out for a new key ?

Thanks !

[The_Hawk]

The cars ECU is programmed to accept certain keys, if you were to take your current key and a new one to VW for them to code it, the old key should no longer work.

If you were keen you could also change the lock barrels so they can't get into the car either.

[qsilverza]

If I ordered the cheaper key, could I put in a decent alarm and have that control the central locking etc or if with the stock system they did manage to open the car with an old key that is not programmed, will an alarm sound or can I add this function to the car ?

[mikinoz]

Just don't mention it to your insurance company is my tip.

[qsilverza]

Don't Mention the key being stolen or the new alarm ?

[mikinoz]

The stolen key - as a car stolen when you don't have both sets of keys can be a little more difficult making a claim - as they can say you left one in the car itself...