Key number location
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peugeot
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Don't know where key numbers are but I wouldn't post it away and expect to have a key returned . Key no. + address = no more car. Local hardware should be able to cut a spare from you're own . You just never know and insurance companies just look for any excuse not to pay out .[
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Diver944
Active member
There's nothing special about an early 80's Porsche door key so any keycutter will be able to make a copy of yours.
They're not like these modern cars with built in transponders. Our Renault Clio key is £130 to buy the key and then £55 to physically cut it and also burn the correct code into the transponder. []
They're not like these modern cars with built in transponders. Our Renault Clio key is £130 to buy the key and then £55 to physically cut it and also burn the correct code into the transponder. [
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VanhireBoys
Member
After our fire last year my keys got destroyed.. The car was kept in another place luckily enough and lucky again for it was open... I had to strip the drivers door handle off and a local keycutter was able to cut me a new one from the profile of the barrel..
Being early 80's even you did get the umber of the profile it may be wrong as it may have been changed.. As said a local locksmith will cut it for buttons off your own key and wont be dear...!
Being early 80's even you did get the umber of the profile it may be wrong as it may have been changed.. As said a local locksmith will cut it for buttons off your own key and wont be dear...!
bmnelsc
New member
key numbers were usually supplied on a tag seperate from the keys or as a punch out with the original keys. The original owner is advised to "keep this tag in a safe place" so the dealer could obtain new ones using that number if required. I saw one once (when I bought my only brand new car in 1972). They seem to be lost immediately as I've never got one when buying a used car (and there have been a few - I favour lease returns so I'm usually the second owner).
It seems the dealers can obtain the key codes for newer cars (chipped keys and such) - probably from the on board computers.
So - if you have an older car and no key tag with the original key numbers then having a locksmith make one from a lock or replicating an existing key are about the only way to get a key that works. The other option is replace all the locks which will get you a new set of matching keys. For my 1980 Volvo the lock set (ignition and two doors) was $400 CDN quoted about 1990 or so.....I can only quess what that might run now....
It seems the dealers can obtain the key codes for newer cars (chipped keys and such) - probably from the on board computers.
So - if you have an older car and no key tag with the original key numbers then having a locksmith make one from a lock or replicating an existing key are about the only way to get a key that works. The other option is replace all the locks which will get you a new set of matching keys. For my 1980 Volvo the lock set (ignition and two doors) was $400 CDN quoted about 1990 or so.....I can only quess what that might run now....
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