Had my car in the dealers today to sort the dash rattle out and flip key coded to the car immob.
They sorted the dash rattle but said the flip key was the wrong chip for the immobiliser and it needed a rolling code one.
The key has been bought in bits. I got the 434Mhz remote seperate and it works with the CL. I got a blank key blade and this was cut and works fine. The only thing is the chip in the head of the key. Which I think came off a Golf/Passat etc..
They tried to read the chip but it threw up an error code and couldn't be done.
I did however manage to get the 4 digit code needed to code the immob from Seat.
So what now do I risk another chip from the head of another key from ebay etc... The dealer gave the number for a guy to provide the chip but it will cost £55+ vat to provide the chip and code it to the car immob. Anyone have any ideas on how to get this done cheaper?. Even with vagcom I would still need the right chip to be coded, right?
The next issue I had was with the gear knob. I wanted a Carbon/Alu sport knob fitted and the parts guy thought he had one in stock. He then told me when I picked up the car that is was not fitted as it's for the newer model Leon. Now I thought the gear knobs fitted all years. I think he said this because the one in stock was a 5 speed and he never checked properly. He was reluctant to order a new one as there was no pic on the parts program and was unsure of the gear shaft size. Will they fit all years?
It was £86.50 fitted but I really wanted the black leather/alu one but this was £111.50 fitted
They sorted the dash rattle but said the flip key was the wrong chip for the immobiliser and it needed a rolling code one.
The key has been bought in bits. I got the 434Mhz remote seperate and it works with the CL. I got a blank key blade and this was cut and works fine. The only thing is the chip in the head of the key. Which I think came off a Golf/Passat etc..
They tried to read the chip but it threw up an error code and couldn't be done.
I did however manage to get the 4 digit code needed to code the immob from Seat.
So what now do I risk another chip from the head of another key from ebay etc... The dealer gave the number for a guy to provide the chip but it will cost £55+ vat to provide the chip and code it to the car immob. Anyone have any ideas on how to get this done cheaper?. Even with vagcom I would still need the right chip to be coded, right?
The next issue I had was with the gear knob. I wanted a Carbon/Alu sport knob fitted and the parts guy thought he had one in stock. He then told me when I picked up the car that is was not fitted as it's for the newer model Leon. Now I thought the gear knobs fitted all years. I think he said this because the one in stock was a 5 speed and he never checked properly. He was reluctant to order a new one as there was no pic on the parts program and was unsure of the gear shaft size. Will they fit all years?
It was £86.50 fitted but I really wanted the black leather/alu one but this was £111.50 fitted
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