I'm just off the the phone to my local dealer parts department about getting blue keys for my 1998 60S. Basically they quoted me almost £90 for 2 blue keys. They can only sell them in pairs apparently. He told me that they were self-coding. The procedure for coding them is:

Insert the red key and turn it so the dash lights come on.
Remove the key.
Insert the first blue key so the dash lights come on.
Remove the key.
Insert the second blue key so the dash lights come on.
Remove the key.
Insert the red key again so the dash lights come on.
Remove the key.

They said that after this procedure I would then have a full set of coded keys. Almost £90 seems a bit steep for 2 blank keys. I had a search of the forum and was unable to find any mention of this.

Can someone confirm that this is correct?
Is there anywhere cheaper to buy 2 blank chipped keys?
Will me using the red key damage the CODE system?

Sorry about all the questions, but this has me confused...

that correct, but if you pop around the corner to the key cutters the dealer use it will be £30 cheaper

you can get blank blue keys off ebay, and get em cut at any key cutters.

and that i did something like that, its been posted on here before, to code one of my 75's blue keys.

Beau, did you buy 1 or 2?

Edit - if I buy 2 of these, get them cut to suit my red key and then follow the procedure above will it sort the problem out?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BLANK-FIAT-CA...2QQihZ011QQcategoryZ10382QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Steven said:

Beau, did you buy 1 or 2?

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i havent bought any keys lol

but when my 75 came 1 of the blue keys was new and not coded, so i had to do what you said, and then it worked.

edit- and your second thing, according to what you have said the dealer said, it should, but im not sure

If you go to the keycutters, you can buy one at a time from there...so would be £65 cheaper

And none of the mucking about with coding it yourself with using the red key and lights, cos they will do it for you...just make sure they dont just clone up a new red, but you actually get a blue key funtion

EDIT: the key cutters will supply, cut and code your key for approx £25

Just a point or two, you cannot make a blue key from a red and vice versa. so if you have only a red key then you need 2 previously coded blue keys as the Fiat man said. Otherwise you can copy as many blue keys as you like. Key cutting shops generally cannot make up a programmed key without a key to copy from.

I understood that I can buy a blank blue transponder key from eBay and use the technique above to code it to the car?

Steven said:

I understood that I can buy a blank blue transponder key from eBay and use the technique above to code it to the car?

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If you have a blue key already, then yes you can copy it onto the ebay keys, or get the whole thing done at local shop.
If you only have a red key and you do this you get 3 red keys, you probably wont notice any difference though.

reddy4bed said:

If you only have a red key and you do this you get 3 red keys, you probably wont notice any difference though.

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What? not notice driving on a clone like for like red key? I think you may be mistaken there.

So the Fiat dealer was going to charge me £90 and gave me instructions on how to copy the red key to the blue keys...