I bought my Fabia III (2015) back in 2019, it's an SE L model with button start. It only came with one key, the dealership promised a new one then was taken over by a new company who wouldn't honour the promise. Is it possible to buy a key and pair it with VCDS so that I can lock/unlock the car with the fob and start the car via the button on the column? All the instructions I can find for pairing keys involve inserting them in the ignition, which I don't have.

What is the cars VIN so I can see which key you have?

The general advise is to not bother buying a "new" key from the likes of ebay as many/most/all will just be 2nd keys that that someone will have harvested from used cars and so the immob chip/pellet will already have been programmed to a car's ECU and so will not be able to be re-coded.

 

If I was in your situation, I'd give in and request that your local Skoda dealership order in a new for your exact car, hand the car in and let them remove the missing key and add the new key to your car.

 

I've only ever ordered in an emergency key for my car as it only came with the 2 main keys, and getting sorted out by my local Audi dealer worked out okay, many new owners of used cars just don't get round to getting a 2nd key as there is no need for one - until it is too late, I admire your intention to avoid ended up in that situation.

 

Many many years ago, when a new car was handed over to the first owner, there would be a coded label on the keys, that was when owners were given the unique PIN or whatever it was called, and I seem to remember that when you had that info, you could use VCDS to code another key - but nowadays that is not the case.

 

Edit:- I'll admit that I have bought a 3rd or back-up key for my 2000 VW Passat 4Motion and my wife's 2002 VW Polo 1.4 16V SE, way back in the early 2000s when there were many "new" keys for sale cheaply, I always knew that I would need to new a new immob pellet for both of them and had found out which Philips chip each one needed, but that was as far was I went, I also knew that the uncut key blade was not genuine VW Group part - but some seriously hard item from another source, which would probably annoy a key cutters machine and very quickly wear out the car's ignition barrel - but in your case, that would not be as much as an issue, so I've still got them, I should really sell them on as the remote sections and cases might be useful for someone!

Edited 30 June, 20223 yr by rum4mo

Many people mislay or can't find where they've stored the spare key/remote so an easy way round this is to rotate, in whatever way or time suits, the use of both keys/remotes, that way you should always know where the second key/remote is and that it recently or fairly recently worked.

 

It also evens out the wear and battery changes on the keys/remotes so you should be more aware of when battery changes are needed and don't get caught out with a worn battery in the second key/remote when needed.

Edited 30 June, 20223 yr by nta16

Hi Tickers, I believe that some branches of Timsons can supply and code VAG keys much cheaper than dealers. 

I question that I have, and maybe someone can give me a definitive answer, is, keys supplied with new VW Group cars get numbered in the car's system and each key has a rolling code, new keys bought from VW Group dealerships to replace or to add to keys for a car are again numbered keys and each key has a rolling code.  Some cheaper sources for key only supply a cloned key - so how does that work for a system designed to have rolling codes for each key, I'm guessing that the car is never handed in when you buy a cheaper cloned key so the car can not "see" that cheaper cloned key as an extra key.

 

As a car gets older maybe none of that is a problem as the key either works for you are it don't, but with a newer car maybe you want same as original key.

On 30/06/2022 at 13:06, Crasher said:

What is the cars VIN so I can see which key you have?

The part number of my existing key is 6V0 959 752 E

 

On 30/06/2022 at 15:08, rum4mo said:

The general advise is to not bother buying a "new" key from the likes of ebay as many/most/all will just be 2nd keys that that someone will have harvested from used cars and so the immob chip/pellet will already have been programmed to a car's ECU and so will not be able to be re-coded.

 

If I was in your situation, I'd give in and request that your local Skoda dealership order in a new for your exact car, hand the car in and let them remove the missing key and add the new key to your car.

 

I've only ever ordered in an emergency key for my car as it only came with the 2 main keys, and getting sorted out by my local Audi dealer worked out okay, many new owners of used cars just don't get round to getting a 2nd key as there is no need for one - until it is too late, I admire your intention to avoid ended up in that situation.

 

Many many years ago, when a new car was handed over to the first owner, there would be a coded label on the keys, that was when owners were given the unique PIN or whatever it was called, and I seem to remember that when you had that info, you could use VCDS to code another key - but nowadays that is not the case.

 

Edit:- I'll admit that I have bought a 3rd or back-up key for my 2000 VW Passat 4Motion and my wife's 2002 VW Polo 1.4 16V SE, way back in the early 2000s when there were many "new" keys for sale cheaply, I always knew that I would need to new a new immob pellet for both of them and had found out which Philips chip each one needed, but that was as far was I went, I also knew that the uncut key blade was not genuine VW Group part - but some seriously hard item from another source, which would probably annoy a key cutters machine and very quickly wear out the car's ignition barrel - but in your case, that would not be as much as an issue, so I've still got them, I should really sell them on as the remote sections and cases might be useful for someone!

Ah, I didn’t realise it wasn’t possible to re-use a key that had already been coded to a different car. There goes that idea!