Dingz
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 01:29 PM |
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Lost Car keys
My wife has just called, she has lost the car keys, ford focus there was only one set! Car is parked in Milton Keynes shopping centre, we are not in
the AA or RAC. Any ideas of what to do? call local dealer, locksmith? set fire to it?
Phoned the local ramblers club today, but the bloke who answered just
went on and on.
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blakep82
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 01:32 PM |
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call a local recovery firm i guess. because even if a lock smith can open the doors, she still won't be able to drive it.
local recovery firm should be able to pick the car up and drop it at your house easy enough.
don't know any round your way obviously, but up here we have auto-tec, armadale autos etc. small indepandant companies. don't know what
the cost would be though
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 01:32 PM |
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Google Ford Focus lost keys?
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craig1410
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 01:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dingz
My wife has just called, she has lost the car keys, ford focus there was only one set! Car is parked in Milton Keynes shopping centre, we are not in
the AA or RAC. Any ideas of what to do? call local dealer, locksmith? set fire to it?
Start saving as it won't be cheap to replace all the locks and presumably the immobiliser... 
Any chance of getting another set of keys from either the previous owner or the garage/dealer you bought it from? Do you have the key number tag?
You do of course realise that the keys will turn up just as soon as you've spent £1000 replacing the locks and immobiliser. My advice would be
to go to your nearest airport and get them to scan your wife's bag because in my experience it is the only way to find things sometimes amongst
the various pockets and compartments than make up a typical woman's handbag... 
Good luck, I hope you find them.
Craig.
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Steve G
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 01:47 PM |
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Dont the AA offer to sort you out immediately if you join?? Guess it might get her into the car but maybe not a good thing as there's no way to
re-lock it unless the key is in the car. I guess it'll be a call to Ford on Monday with the VIN / reg number to get a new key asap.
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robocog
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 01:53 PM |
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Find a hoodie to gain entry and bust ignition lock for you ..tow her home..then fit megasquirt
...sorry probably not that helpful
Hope you get it sorted
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Andi
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 01:55 PM |
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I joined the AA some years ago but they would nt sort me out for a couple of days after joining.
I did use them a few weeks ago thought to get some keys from inside a friends micra as its the person not the car who is signed up.
They used thin bags (like blood pressure ones) and put them in the top and sides of the door and then pumped them up enough to get a stick thingy
inside the door.
ASK A FRIEND IN AA
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BenB
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 01:58 PM |
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http://www.theautolocksmith.co.uk/Ford-car-keys.html
might be of use.
says they serve the home counties....
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Dingz
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 02:14 PM |
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Not lost any more!
quote:
My advice would be to go to your nearest airport and get them to scan your wife's bag because in my experience it is the only way to find things
sometimes amongst the various pockets and compartments than make up a typical woman's handbag...
Looks like you were right! after retracing her way around the shops without sucess she found them hidden away somewhere!
Thanks for the replies, perhaps after this I aught to get another set. It was my car she borrowed!
[Edited on 14/11/09 by Dingz]
Phoned the local ramblers club today, but the bloke who answered just
went on and on.
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prawnabie
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 02:16 PM |
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A good car locksmith will be able to read the tumblers in the lock to cut a new key, and program it into the car.
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craig1410
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 02:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dingz
Not lost any more!
quote:
My advice would be to go to your nearest airport and get them to scan your wife's bag because in my experience it is the only way to find things
sometimes amongst the various pockets and compartments than make up a typical woman's handbag...
Looks like you were right! after retracing her way around the shops without sucess she found them hidden away somewhere!
Thanks for the replies, perhaps after this I aught to get another set. It was my car she borrowed!
[Edited on 14/11/09 by Dingz]
Excellent! Glad my own experiences have helped someone else. My wife drives me nuts by leaving keys in a thousand different places when she comes into
the house. It can be, still in the car, in the house door, on the driveway, in her bag, in her coat pocket, in the shopping bags, on one of dozens of
horizontal surfaces throughout the house, in her hand(!), on the mantlepiece.....the list goes on!
Me? I either leave them beside the kettle in the day/evening (out of reach of any doors or windows) or at night they are beside my computer upstairs
with my other personal effects.
Anyway, glad you've found them and yes, make a copy today!
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Davegtst
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 03:56 PM |
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FYI the AA will come out to you when you are broken down but you will be charged at least £49 on top of a years worth of cover. Your situation is an
absolute nightmare for patrols as most of the time we can't get our vans in the car parks due to height. Getting into a focus is easy enough
but getting the steering lock off and getting it outside to recover it is another matter.
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morcus
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 05:58 PM |
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My dad lost the key to our XJ and all we had to do was take the log book to our local dealer who made us a key on the spot for about £30, then we had
to get a bloke out to program a fob for us and that was it. (We had a spare key but is wasn't for our car and the bloke that came out
reprogramed the fob from that one.)
Now that you've found it, go to Ford and get a second one cut.
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craig1410
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 06:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by morcus
My dad lost the key to our XJ and all we had to do was take the log book to our local dealer who made us a key on the spot for about £30, then we had
to get a bloke out to program a fob for us and that was it. (We had a spare key but is wasn't for our car and the bloke that came out
reprogramed the fob from that one.)
Now that you've found it, go to Ford and get a second one cut.
I wouldn't go to Ford to get a new key, you should be able to get one cut much more cheaply at your local key cutting shop.
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robocog
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 08:17 PM |
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Glad you sorted it without any cost!
Maybe time to ziptie the key to the loom somewhere with the steering lock loop in range and get a couple of std keys cut?
Were on the last key for the BMW and am starting to think along those lines if we don't get shot of it soon
I guess if going that route you will have to fit an aftermarket immobiliser as I'm not sure how the insurance company would feel about the
immobiliser being permanently dissarmed, or having a fully functioning key left in the car, even though it could be well hidden in the loom
Regards
Rob
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morcus
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 08:21 PM |
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The key will have a chip in it so you'd need to see a specialist anyway to get one that does more than open the doors, you could get one cheaper
but doing it through Ford would be easier.
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