Hello to all from Sunny Vanuatu in the south pacific.
I have bought a VW Beetle from the USA which came with only one key.
This is 2000 model VW Beetle (New Beetle) and has a petrol engine. The Beetle came with only one key and I drove the vehicle for 2 months and lost the key. I contacted VW New Zealand for ordering 2 sets of keys which was not cheap thinking it would be coded to start the Beetle and there is no dealer for VW here in Vanuatu. As soon as I received the key and tried to start the vehicle the vehicle started for 1 second and turned off. The immobilizer light came on so I understood that the key was not coded. I contacted VW New Zealand and they said that I have to ship the Beetle to New Zealand for them to learn the key to the car. I explained to them that this would be expensive and the and all I needed was the Seceret Key Code to learn the new keys to the car as I have a scanner which can do this. They said that VW does not give out the SKC anymore. I started browsing on the internet and came across this fourm which has an artical on how to retrieve the SKC and I had to register so here I am. Would be great if anyone can advice a solution to my nightmare.
Cheers,
Lalashik.
I have bought a VW Beetle from the USA which came with only one key.
This is 2000 model VW Beetle (New Beetle) and has a petrol engine. The Beetle came with only one key and I drove the vehicle for 2 months and lost the key. I contacted VW New Zealand for ordering 2 sets of keys which was not cheap thinking it would be coded to start the Beetle and there is no dealer for VW here in Vanuatu. As soon as I received the key and tried to start the vehicle the vehicle started for 1 second and turned off. The immobilizer light came on so I understood that the key was not coded. I contacted VW New Zealand and they said that I have to ship the Beetle to New Zealand for them to learn the key to the car. I explained to them that this would be expensive and the and all I needed was the Seceret Key Code to learn the new keys to the car as I have a scanner which can do this. They said that VW does not give out the SKC anymore. I started browsing on the internet and came across this fourm which has an artical on how to retrieve the SKC and I had to register so here I am. Would be great if anyone can advice a solution to my nightmare.
Cheers,
Lalashik.
They did a season of Survivor there, it looks nice. Get a Vag Tacho off ebay to get the SKC, problem solved!
