# Micro chip key **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 3, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/micro-chip-key/17621 "2008-08-03T17:17:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yhwhs4s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@yhwhs4s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/yhwhs4s)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/micro-chip-key/17621/1 "2008-08-03T17:17:40Z")
I have a 2003 Mustang and have lost my spare key. I cannot copy the key and was told I had to get it from the dealer. When I went to the deal I was told it would cost hundreds of dollars to get an additional key because it has a micro chip in it. Is there anyway around this? If I lose my key I’m screwed so I really need a spare. ---
**Author:** ![bedrock](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bedrock/32/868_2.png) [@bedrock](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bedrock)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/micro-chip-key/17621/2 "2008-08-03T17:43:23Z")
if you loose your spare key.you have to go to the dealer.he has to reprogram the system,make a key,micro chip in key have to be program.i had the samething did. on a ford taurus,it cost about a hundred buck.there is no way around this,it the new security. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/micro-chip-key/17621/3 "2008-08-03T17:53:44Z")
VW just had a class action agreement on this kind of thing. They have been forced to provide certified locksmiths and other shops what they need to cut and program the keys. Check a large local locksmith or two to see if they are producing keys? ---
**Author:** ![AndyB1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@AndyB1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AndyB1)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/micro-chip-key/17621/4 "2008-08-03T18:02:02Z")
[http://www.ekeys4cars.com/home.php](http://www.ekeys4cars.com/home.php) check this out ---
**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/micro-chip-key/17621/5 "2008-08-03T19:36:25Z")
Check with your local locksmith. The ones with the equipment for reprogramming these keys will do it for far less than the dealers charge. ---
**Author:** ![cappy208](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cappy208/32/31_2.png) [@cappy208](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cappy208)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/micro-chip-key/17621/6 "2008-08-03T20:14:12Z")
home depot and the hardware store are NOT locksmiths. look in the yellow pages. they are more knowledgeable than the home depot guys. ---
**Author:** ![Wha-Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9f8e36/32.png) [@Wha-Who](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Wha-Who)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/micro-chip-key/17621/7 "2008-08-03T20:45:17Z")
We paid about $35 for a 2005 GM car key and about $40 for an 08 GM car key. The dealers cut the keys and showed us how to program them using the old key and the ignition switch; a simple task. I figured that if the dealer cut the key and messed that up, a new key would be on him, not us. You, of course, need your old key or, as the post and site says, must pay a lot more. You might want to ask your Ford dealer why his transponder key prices are not competitive with GM prices. ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/micro-chip-key/17621/8 "2008-08-04T01:00:06Z")
Not true. My brother in law lost the key to his new-to-him truck. He called a locksmith who quoted him $35 for a new key, the dealer did it for $7.50. Of course this truck key did not have a chip on it. Dealers are not always the highest priced option. ---
**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/micro-chip-key/17621/9 "2008-08-04T03:53:31Z")
With my FOMOCO product, if you have two keys you can program a third yourself, but if you have only one, the dealer or someone else with a special plug-in tool has to do it. The first option is considerably less expensive which is why I bought a third key as soon as I got my car. Call around to locksmiths. They may save you some money. While you are at it, buy two more keys. I bet the price is not significantly higher than one more.