I have a T reg Felicia 1.6 SLXi. Lost one key, so ordered a replacement (not wishing to be left bereft should I lose another). Garage received key then advised that they couldn't programme without 4 digit code, no longer on the database since Skoda UK changed the codes, couldn't find in documentation, rang garage that first sold the car, no longer a dealer.

So I may be able to find somebody to decode and make me another set, but then again I might not. Timpsons "may or may not be able to help; they'll have to see the key in their hand".

Does anyone know where the immobilser codes could be found?

If I lose the one remaining key, what can I do (or am I forced to get the car towed away and scrapped if there is no call out in my postcode?).

Does this feel a little shoddy to you? OK, it's a few years since they stopped building Felicias, and I didn't pay much for either of them, but I was considering getting a Fabia next and what if they remove Mk1 Octavias or Mk1 Fabias from the database a couple of years down the line? For want of a nail, indeed.

I have had a good relationship with the two localish Skoda dealers over the past 4 years, but something seems to have gone wrong over the past few months, whether down to the dealers or Skoda UK.

I think they should be able to contact technical and they can work out the code. They can still get the SKC number from your car in the immobilizer ECU. They have indeed now gone over to an online system the same as the rest of the VAG group which use a 7 pin time dependant code.

I agree with Lummox - I had mine done by a friendly garage in Shropshire who I always use who used to be a Skoda dealer. Simply plugged his VAG com in, programmed the Key, all for £5! don't need a code at all - I would have been stuck!

You will need a code to program the key to the immobilizer.

It might be worth trying to fid the control unit. (little white box, follow the lead from the coil reader around the barrell). When the units are new the code is stamped on the side of them, these are supposed to be removed but sometimes arent.

If you've still got one original key then Timpsons shouldn't have any trouble programming a new one for you. I got a spare cut about two weeks ago and they just dropped my old key into their box of tricks, dropped the new one in and it was done.