New Key for 156

[gary_de_tam]

Anyone know how to get a new key remote
and how much they cost ? The only one
I have is on it last legs....

TIA, gt.

[bint]

gary_de_tam said:

Anyone know how to get a new key remote
and how much they cost ? The only one
I have is on it last legs....

TIA, gt.

When you say last legs.......is it disintegrating or is the battery just going?

[exgtt]

Mines disintergrating, its help togeather with gaffer tape.

I have enquired about this with Alfa and they wanted £85 for a new coded key last year. They need your old one to get the coding right and it's Alfa only i'm afraid. Hence why mine is held togeather with gaffer tape!

[gary_de_tam]

Had a hard life I think, still works ok though.

Wanna keep as a spare and get a new one....

[Wombat Rick]

You need to get the codes for the new key to be programmed. If you haven't got them, you can get them from a dealer for £15-20. They will need to see the V5. You can probably get a key off Ebay then you need to take the car, key and codes to someone with the Alfa Examiner "laptop" and they can match everything up. My local specialist did it for me as part of a service on my wife's 147 - I just paid to get the codes from Alfa as we already had a key.

[gary_de_tam]

Wombat Rick,

Can I just purchase any suitable key (2 button, black)
from Ebay ? spotted one going quite cheap.

tia, gt...

[wrinx]

If it's just th case that's falling apart buy a secondhand unit and swap the interior.

If the key itself is falling apart there's a guy called Chris who can repair them for about £22 (on ebay) iirc.

wrinx

[wrinx]

Here ya go:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Alfa-156-147-Red-and-Black-K...

or some bits:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Alfa-156-key-spare-parts-rem...

wrinx

Edited by wrinx on Sunday 18th November 15:20

[gary_de_tam]

I want to get 2nd key really, thought I'd put this
one i have as a spare as it is missing the key ring
hook which is built into the unit.