94 Golf MK3 Lost Key!

[yowie]

Hi Guys,

Excuse my ignorance (stupidity!) and thanks for all the responses. So should I be attempting to find a lock smith who is able to do a copy and assume that my model doesn’t have an immobiliser? As I received a response from one dealer who suggested getting a locksmith to take a barrel out of the door and then cut a key to suit… I also received one response from a deal suggesting I needed to order a key from Germany (Quoting $700 and a 3 week delay!)

Yowie: Does your local guy send keys to Melbourne lol.

Thanks again

Timmy,
The guy I went to could only help as long as I had a key to show him; so he wont be much use to you.
I mentioned him to illustrate that you should be able to find someone to cheaply cut the spare key.
But this can only happen after you sort out the problem of having no key, which is a higher order of problem.
I would be assuming there is an immobilising chip until proven otherwise. I am no expert here.
Yowie

[jessv3]

How did you go Timmy?

[doridori]

Sorry to dig up a mega old thread, but i too don't have a spare key for my 94' VR6 and would like to get one just in case the one i have goes missing.

Could you confirm whether the 94 had immobilizer and where best to get a replacement(I'm in Sydney though)?

edit: originally incorrectly typed 96 instead of 94 for my vr6

[junyip_69]

second to dori^ wouldnt mind a second key as i wasnt given one when purchased the car.

[Juzzpc]

i got some keys off ebay for like $9 each.

my 98 vr6 had an immobilizer chip in the original key, but i took it out and it's glued behind the shroud next to the barrel only because i wanted to use other keys and not pay for the chip, heard it's $$.

i haven't got my keys cut yet but they're just blanks and the plastic around the end isnt hollow so they feel more solid.
ill post a pic

[Juzzpc]

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[hamza]

My 94 vr doesn't have a immobilizer but the 96 CL that i just parted out did. Its a ring that goes around the ignition barrel and accepts signals from a chip in the key. Cutting the key wasn't expensive when i enquired but getting a key with a programmable chip and having it programmed was very expensive.

[doridori]

can anyone provide a bit more information on how to identify whether you have an immobilizer or not?

What does and immobilizer key look like one without?

reading this thread has gotten me scared about losing my key....

[Juzzpc]

can anyone provide a bit more information on how to identify whether you have an immobilizer or not?

What does and immobilizer key look like one without?

reading this thread has gotten me scared about losing my key....

Pry your key plastic open and the chip should be in there wedged close to the key , I don't think my 94 gl had an immobiliser but I never checked so idk .


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[AALocksmiths]

VAG started using immobilsiers in 1995. The keys look very similar to the early non transponder keys but the head on them is a little larger to accommodate the transponder chip.

most VAG cars will have a immo symbol in the cluster that will stay illuminated until a valid key is recognized in the ignition. I don't think the MK3 Golf have this though, I can check one of the clusters that I have in the shed.

Don't be scared of loosing your key just make sure that you have a spare. At most you will be paying around $160 to get a spare key cut for an early VAG car which to me is is cheap for the piece of mind that you won't be stuck without a key. I advice against gluing the chip around the key reader too. I have had instances where customers have done this and the chip has come loose and been lost or broken, it also voids your insurance as you have now made your car easier to steal ( not that car theirs really smash locks off anymore.)

I get a lot of customer that didn't get a spare key because "it was too expensive". Well when you don't have a working key to go from it cost more. If you go through the dealer you will also be waiting a week for you key as they all come from VW Germany.