Hi there - hope someone can help!

 

My husband and I are moving to France, and we just purchased a lovely LHD 2007 Superb Estate. We've had three Skodas before (an original Octavia estate, then Octavia Saloon, then a Fabia) and came back to them again after a wee break with a van (we have dogs....). We got this one from Ebay and are just prepping it for registration.

 

Our sorry tale is that my husband inadvertently dropped the only key that we have for this vehicle in the boot while checking the fit of a new dog-guard which we just purchased.  Because he went in through the boot hatch, and didn't know that the key had fallen out, the vehicle has automatically locked itself (it's been a while, we forgot that Octavias did that!). Needless to say, he's a bit mad with himself.  However, I remembered that we still have a key for our Octavia saloon (it was a 2005 one). Long story why we still have it!  Naturally, it didn't open the door of the current Octavia - but does anyone know if it can be reprogrammed to do so? Even just to get us in to retrieve the other key would be good.

 

Thanks a lot!

 

Susan

Don't you have a second original key?

Think it can but not from outside the car

You have to put the key in the ignition and turn on . So sorry you can't do it. If you hae recovery(AA, RAc) they might have a way of unlocking the car.

Edited 12 July, 201411 yr by rlp

 If you have recovery (AA, RAc) they might have a way of unlocking the car.

 

The car came with one key - it's on Romanian plates, and we bought it off Ebay. We'd have used the second key to get in, if we had one!

 

Thanks for the suggestions. We've got Green Flag assistance - maybe they can help! Or the brick idea has been mooted already...

When I locked the key in the back of my Octy estate ( over 300 miles from home, so spare wasn't an easy option) a very patient & persistent RAC man managed to get it unlocked by levering open the top of the rear door enough to reach the key with some wire.  Didn't need to get the key out, just manoeuvre it to where the unlock button could be pressed. Took well over an hour but as long as he didn't get another call was happy to keep trying.  Depends a bit on where the key is & if its visible, maybe Green Flag can try the same trick. Best of luck, otherwise I'm afraid its Auric's solution.

It may be cheaper if you can't retreave the key to get a windscreen company to remove windscreen gain entry and replace windscreen.

you can re-use the remote

 

the key is only a one time use, once the immo chip has been locked you can't unlock it again

The car came with one key - it's on Romanian plates, and we bought it off Ebay.

every dodgy car cliche in the book, you couldn't make that up! Wonder how long it will before the person with second key comes to take it back

It may be cheaper if you can't retreave the key to get a windscreen company to remove windscreen gain entry and replace windscreen.

Except they would need to get inside to remove it.

Is the car code immutable?

Is it possible to change the code within the car, rather than code a key to the existing built in code, should the possessor of an original key turn up?

Before you smash your way in, double check availability of the glass you break. And the price, less commonly replaced ones may be dearer than larger pieces. Check also for any bits which frequently get damaged during the carnage.

Perhaps an auto glass place will be able to minimise damage, they should also know how any tricky seals work, avoiding rectification later.

Someone else smashed my drivers door glass while in Paris. The havoc of chasing around looking for someone to fix it "now" was horrendous. I had to get to Frankfurt asap, with flapping plastic which I managed to get from Leroy Merlin, which itself was not easy to find in central Paris.

The auto glass place in Frankfurt found a golf glass was identical, but the golf had metal clips and the octavia plastic, and broken. Not available separately, and of course different to the VW ones, and by now I had an expensive VW one. A journey home with no opening window.

A few weeks searching located a place on Tyneside with a kit. Farewell to the stick which had held the window closed for so long.

there is no need to brake any thing, call a good road side assistance company and they will be able to get in, I could get in in 10 minuets and not leave a mark,

 You could program a new key but you need to get to the obd plug and have the ignition on.

if you do smash some glass. stick some really sticky plastic to it and use an automatic centerpunch or something similar., that way you don't end up with a ton of glass. 

 

i had a window smashed by kids throwing rocks at cars.. years later and i still find bits :(