Hi everyone, i've just bought a 1999 punto 60 team which is need of a bit of tlc. lol, its got 37k on it and is in good condition with mot til feb 08. what i'm unsure about is can i get another blue key cut from the 1 blue i got with it? it didnt have the red key and the blue key i did get is a bit battered. it does work ok though. any advice on where to get another 1 from and roughly how much will it be? thanks
what a shame no red key on such a new example of a punto mk1
you can have your key cloned at any good key cutters
or you could get the parts needed to make the car red key and 2 blues again from a scraped car but this is allot more complicated to do it's your choice
really parts from a scrapper will be about 50 to 100 quid ebay is were I got mine from for 50 quid
if you do all you need is 1.2 engine ecu and code ecu off the same car and the red key that goes with them not blue
then buy a blank chipless red key from fiat(very cheap) and an extra blue key(£44) as you need 2 to program
then take the chip out of the donor red key and put into the blank one cut it to the cars locks as well as the other new blue key
then go thou the programming procedure
red key in turn to mar wait until code light goes out
blue key 1 in turn to mar wait until code light goes out
blue key 2 in turn to mar wait until code light goes out
red key in turn to mar wait until code light goes out
turn red key to off wait between 4 and 9 seconds
turn red key to mar code light should illuminate continuously
if so turn off and wait 30 seconds and test the blue keys
if not keep turning the red key off and on again until it does illuminate continuously
if it doesn't start the procedure again you cant go wrong really just keep trying
don't use the red key from then on to start the car as it is only intended to program the keys and start the car in emergency's ie' loss of both blue keys
so all in all a full set of keys is doable for about 200quid
if you were to have fiat replace the hole system for new would cost you 800 ish so not an option for a car costing 800 really
but if you do it the way I suggest it means who ever has the red and other blue key can no longer start your car only open it
also it will boost the value of it tremendously
if I were going to buy a punto I would beat the seller down buy 600 for not having the red key and quote him how much it would cost me to put right at fiat allot of people have done this and got a good motor very cheap and then fixed it buy there own means like I did with mine
Hi littlepip, thanks for your reply. I think i will just have my blue key cloned for now and once i've sorted the little probs out i will maybe look for an ecu etc as you said. I was suprised that it only had the 1 battered blue key but the guy said the other blue one broke ages ago and he lost the red one years ago. I did get the car for £500 which was quite cheap as its a t reg with 37k on. Do you think this was a good buy? its got all the mot's and only had 2 owners, it just needs a bit of tlc so i'm happy as it drives great. I'm going to have a service and the cambelt replaced too, any more advice on what to check/replace will be much appreciated. Thanks
it does work ok though. any advice on where to get another 1 from and roughly how much will it be? thanks
