Technical Replacment key question

[rusty]

Hi everybody,
I own a '99 Seicento sporting. When i brought it i was only given one blue key It was to good an offer to pass.
Anyway the key is coded, So if i lose it im stuffed. I have now been offerded a brand new set of keys and locks including a red key.
I was under the impression that the red key and ecu were coded together.
But i have now been told that a fiat dealer can program all of the keys to the car.
I am confused can any body shed some light on this subject for me please.

Thanks in advance Ben.

 

[dave]

does you key have a little triangle with 2 little broken circles or little triangle with 2 little broken circles and a number 2 on the metal part?

 

[dawozere]

New blue keys can be made at places such as timpsons for about £20, and saves you the hassle of having to fit a whole new lockset.

I always thought the ECU could only be coded to one red key, so I dont know how they'd recode it

 

[rusty]

It has the triangle with 2 little circles. NO number 2.

 

[HP]

Get the blue one cloned by a key cutting place, I know certain Timpsons do them amongst others.

 

[rusty]

New blue keys can be made at places such as timpsons for about £20, and saves you the hassle of having to fit a whole new lockset.

I always thought the ECU could only be coded to one red key, so I dont know how they'd recode it

How do timpsons go about coding the key.?

 

[dave]

It has the triangle with 2 little circles. NO number 2.

its firt generation then, just get the blue cloned like the others have said, chances are you will never need the red key so dont worry about it

btw welcome to the forum

 

[dave]

How do timpsons go about coding the key.?

there machine copies the info on the chip in your key to the new one, the car thinks its the same key

 

[rusty]

Thanks for having me.
Will the key look the same from Timpsons or will it be a cheap thing.?

 

[dawozere]

timpsons have a mahcine that reads the code from the blue key you have, and writes it to a blank blue key they have copied from the original, takes them about 2 minutes, and i've never had any problems with them

The key looks pretty similar, mines plasticy rather than the ruberised fiat one but at the end of the day its a key

 

[rusty]

Okay. Thanks everbody for your help. You have probably saved me a lot of money hassle.

 

[dave]

Thanks for having me.
Will the key look the same from Timpsons or will it be a cheap thing.?

the timpsons and other key cutters ones are better quality than the fiat originals

 

[rusty]

the timpsons and other key cutters ones are better quality than the fiat originals

Better quality.