rickya Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Iv just today given my zed in to Nissan Crawley Down to get a spare JDM key cut, & wait for it, for a total sum of: £360!!!!! Thats £305 for they key & £55 to code it. They keep it for a couple of days, I drive 60 miles there and back twice over & they give me a courtesy car, wait for it a flipp*n Skoda Fabia Estate 1.4 diesel!!!! Can life get any worse. Anyway some consolation is that the dealer I bought the car from has agreed to pay half the cost as he did say before purchase many times that he had a spare key. A UK spare key is also apprx £250 all in! Hardly any Nissan dealers were interested in the task of a JDM key only the private Nissan franchises would do it. This is mainly because they have to order the key from Japan, open up your ignition, email details over to Japan, they ask for more details & eventually they email back the NATS code from Japan, which is then coded onto the key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 spare keys for moder cars have to be the biggest rip off of all time - thats ridiculous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 I feel quite lucky by comparison. The importer agreed to order up the spare key from Nissan UK and pay for it and the coding. When the key arrived they passed it to me and arranged for me to take it to a Nissan dealer (Arnold Clark, Livingston) to be coded. They had some difficulty in getting the code, and I had to take it back after they had received the NATS code from Japan. That second visit was only a few minutes, though, and they only charged £63 all in. As arranged, I have passed the invoice to the importer and I am waiting for the reimbursement cheque to arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Dont lose the key Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickya Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Jim I think that cost of £63 was only for coding, the dealer you bought from must have paid for the cost of key which in my case was £305! ps funny but i am also waiting for a cheque from my dealer for the £180, half the cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 I'll check it out after I get my cheque! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 my spare key cost £180.......... the nats code comes from nissan head quaters in uk........ all it takes is an email from ur main dealer......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickya Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Mine being a JDM meant key & code came from Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam's Z Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Ricky,,, if the stealer stated they had a spare key and don't supply then you've been had Kick off mate,,, it might get you somewhere especially when they've virtually admitted liability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 mine is also a jdm.........1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickya Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 Your right Liam, its just that the stealer I bought it from wasn't Nissan, but independent importers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam's Z Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Still keep pushing mate,,, they've still had alot of your money despite it being a JDM... keep us posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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