Door key

[CatalystV12V]

Just following on from the 'security question' thread...... Did you all get a key as well as the 2 ECUs?

[Zod]

Yes

[BingoBob]

Funnily enough I was just thinking about this. I don't have one either.

I can't believe I forgot to demand one from the dealer. What is the key for? Emergency entry into the vehicle?

Can they be bought?

[BingoBob]

How embarassing, I've just come across the key... Still, would be interesting to know if they can be ordered in case they get lost.

[AdamV8V]

CatalystV12V said:

Just following on from the 'security question' thread...... Did you all get a key as well as the 2 ECUs?

Yep, looks like this:

[MichaelV8V]

I carry that ridiculous thing with me everywhere, it's on my house keyring, but it's a clumsy size/shape that is too bulky in a pocket.

When I bought the car I thought there must be a reason they felt I would need this thing, so started to take it with me. Tried it in the door once, and it does unlock it, so if everything went wrong, I could sit out of the rain whilst I wait for help.

[Jockman]

Yup got a glass ecu, 2 plastic ecus and a lovely silver key that has sat in my drawer now for over 2 years

[DB9VolanteDriver]

The trick is to place your emergency entry key somewhere on the car, externally, that only you can find and then place one of the spare valet ECUs (the plastic one) somewhere inside the car where only you would look.

This way, if per chance you can't find/lose your ECU, you can get in and then drive off.

[CatalystV12V]

Thanks chaps.... It's shiny so I want one !!

Will be calling e supplying dealer on Wednesday.

[mikey k]

CatalystV12V said:

Thanks chaps.... It's shiny so I want one !!

Will be calling e supplying dealer on Wednesday.

£65 from you dealer
I bought one for my last roadster (just before I sold it )

[Jay_Davis]

I call it the skeleton key. Because its about the size of those ancient ones you see used in old movies.

By the way, if you carry it with you it has a secondary purpose....weapon. You can kill someone with that monster.

[AMDBSNick]

BingoBob said:

Funnily enough I was just thinking about this. I don't have one either.

I can't believe I forgot to demand one from the dealer. What is the key for? Emergency entry into the vehicle?

Can they be bought?

It also disables the passenger airbag if you have little ones

[AWV12]

Hmmm, I "only" got one glass ECU and a plastic one, not more.

Is it standard to have 2 plastic spare ECUs and this metal "emergency" key? Maybe this latter one is already mounted somewhere outside the car, as someone suggested?

[CraigV12V]

DB9VolanteDriver said:

The trick is to place your emergency entry key somewhere on the car, externally, that only you can find and then place one of the spare valet ECUs (the plastic one) somewhere inside the car where only you would look.

This way, if per chance you can't find/lose your ECU, you can get in and then drive off.

This sound ingenious but does anyone actually do this and how do you think our insurers would behave if they knew that all that was needed to start and steal our car was always available? If this became common practice with AM drivers then you can bet enterprising scumbags will try their hand at groping around the skirting to find a lump of tape hiding a key.

Problem is no one can really admit to doing this or they are just asking for their car to be targeted!

[Jockman]

AWV12 said:

Hmmm, I "only" got one glass ECU and a plastic one, not more....

That's all you need - just give the plastic one to your servicing agent at the appropriate time.

The rest are just completely unnecessary

[hartley]

You do realise this is the key for a 1980 's Sierra ? No Iam not kidding .

[Tony V12V]

hartley said:

You do realise this is the key for a 1980 's Sierra ? No Iam not kidding .

Same 'chubb' design six tumbler(four variants per tumbler) key that Ford/Jaguar all used around the same time right up until the modern models too...If it ain't broke.............

Just an interesting little fact... any key of that design will LOCK any other lock of the same design. Have had to 'gain access' to many cars over the years when the owners has a 'his' and 'hers' and locked the car with its keys inside using the set for another vehicle.