How much !!! New Key

[Beachbum]

Bought my car from a non-Lotus dealer, who received 5 or 6 cars from Lotus, as a job lot. The car I bought only came with one key, so have been chasing the dealer for 3 months to source the other one
Dealers excuse all along has been Lotus being evasive and non-responsive to their requests for the 2nd key to be sent to them. Seems it wasnt just my car that only had 1 key.
OK, so my experience of Lotus matches with the Dealers, yes they can be anything but responsive when they feel there is little in it for them, but 3 months was too much

In the end had the dealer agree to pay for a new key, that I would source from my local Lotus Dealer, as it was just easier this way............... £250 !!! How much ?!?!? Its a key, with a few eletrics and a s/w program. Same sort of key from KIA is £75. OK Merc & BMW charge a lot more, but lets be honest, Lotus arent Merc or BMW

Glad I'm not paying for this and it now has ne thinking about putting Android tags on my keys so I dont lose them.

 

[675430VME]

Only 130 usd for the key in China and dealer programs it for free.

 

[NigeT]

Bought my car from a non-Lotus dealer, who received 5 or 6 cars from Lotus, as a job lot. The car I bought only came with one key, so have been chasing the dealer for 3 months to source the other one
Dealers excuse all along has been Lotus being evasive and non-responsive to their requests for the 2nd key to be sent to them. Seems it wasnt just my car that only had 1 key.
OK, so my experience of Lotus matches with the Dealers, yes they can be anything but responsive when they feel there is little in it for them, but 3 months was too much

In the end had the dealer agree to pay for a new key, that I would source from my local Lotus Dealer, as it was just easier this way............... £250 !!! How much ?!?!? Its a key, with a few eletrics and a s/w program. Same sort of key from KIA is £75. OK Merc & BMW charge a lot more, but lets be honest, Lotus arent Merc or BMW

Glad I'm not paying for this and it now has ne thinking about putting Android tags on my keys so I dont lose them.

They are showing on Aliexpress but they'll need programming

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006858127595.html

 

[DJManc]

Bought my car from a non-Lotus dealer, who received 5 or 6 cars from Lotus, as a job lot. The car I bought only came with one key, so have been chasing the dealer for 3 months to source the other one
Dealers excuse all along has been Lotus being evasive and non-responsive to their requests for the 2nd key to be sent to them. Seems it wasnt just my car that only had 1 key.
OK, so my experience of Lotus matches with the Dealers, yes they can be anything but responsive when they feel there is little in it for them, but 3 months was too much

In the end had the dealer agree to pay for a new key, that I would source from my local Lotus Dealer, as it was just easier this way............... £250 !!! How much ?!?!? Its a key, with a few eletrics and a s/w program. Same sort of key from KIA is £75. OK Merc & BMW charge a lot more, but lets be honest, Lotus arent Merc or BMW

Glad I'm not paying for this and it now has ne thinking about putting Android tags on my keys so I dont lose them.

You didn't by any chance purchase your Emira from Auto100.co.uk did you? They are purchasing a lot of nearly new Emiras. I got mine there and was told the same story as you, only they gave me two keys initially but one was for someone elses Emira. Make sure you also get the replacement key blade that goes inside the key fob. This is the most expensive part and has to be ordered from China apparently (local dealer said it takes minimum 6 weeks too!).
Incidentally, the price you mentioned sounds way cheap! My replacement was Total £386.65 - Key fob £96.86, Key blade £230.99 and programming £58.80!

 

[tankski]

I got mine from another 3rd party dealer, Adrenaline Collective in Leamington Spa, and ended up with the same situation. The dealer agreed to pay for the key off the bat and Lotus Silverstone are quoting a fair bit too. Key, blade and programming all in is somewhere around £500 if I remember correctly!

 

[DJManc]

I got mine from another 3rd party dealer, Adrenaline Collective in Leamington Spa, and ended up with the same situation. The dealer agreed to pay for the key off the bat and Lotus Silverstone are quoting a fair bit too. Key, blade and programming all in is somewhere around £500 if I remember correctly!

 

[Beachbum]

Yes Auto100. What were your opinions of them. Mine were pretty low. Haven't left a Trustpilot review yet, but will now I have the money for the 2nd.

No I didn't get the blade. Sounds expensive

 

[Davidexige]

Worth bearing in mind that your car insurance might cover you for lost keys, I’m with Admiral and they cover up to £500 for lost keys.