03 1.4 Replacing a lost remote key fob? - manc_ian
Hi.

Ive recently bought a Ford Fiesta Flame 1.4 53 Reg from a local garage. The car was a finance repossession from the previous owner. The car only came with 2 normal keys so i went into my local ford dealer to see if they could find out if my car did have remote central locking. They checked using my reg and it does have remore locking so the previous owner must have lost the fob.

Anyway the dealer gave me a quote for new fob, key cut & reprogramming which came to over £100 which i cant afford. Ive had a look on the net and ebay and you can get hold of replacement fobs for a bit cheaper and do the reprogramming yourself. Im just trying to decide what the best option would be and if it would work.

Can i just buy a new/used fob of ebay and reprogram this to my car or is it more complicated. I noticed that different fobs have different part numbers.

Would it be best to just buy the fob from ford (so the part number is correct) and then program it myself to save cash.

Has anybody got any experience of this?

Help much appreciated.

Ian