Extra key, only have black key.
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You'll be shocked
Lost my duplicate black key last year and my local (Jacksonville, FL) Jag dealer charged an OUTRAGEOUS $263 for the key blank and programming. It's the only place to get one made due to the chip. Take your current key plus the green key with you if you decide to do it. If you lose your only key no locksmith will be able to help you, which is why I sprung for the duplicate.
That's why I don't go to the dealership for ANYTHING unless absolutely necessary.
Sambo
That's why I don't go to the dealership for ANYTHING unless absolutely necessary.
Sambo
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Just went thru the same thing
$268.00 is not bad! I Just went over $350.00 replacing a lost key in Ashville NC. this month. I did a lot of hunting for a cheaper way to go, but did not find one. It turns out that this type of new keys are all expensive, even the one for my KIA was $300 or so.
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Like you, I only have one key (2006 XK8). I ordered 2 chipped keys off ebay for $14 each - they don't have the fancy Jaguar logo on them.
I searched internet and read an article on decoding Tibbe key cuts. Jaguar is 8 cuts of three possible depths "8x3". There is another fellow on ebay who will cut the keys for $18 each. I am trying to convince him to do it from the Tibbe code without sending him my only key and I think he is coming around. When I have the 2 new chipped and cut keys, I will take them and my original to reprogram the security system for all the keys. My local independent Jaguar repair shop will do it for under $100. There are locksmiths who will come to your place and do it for probably a similar price. Jag dealer might not charge much over $100 to program them, either (I don't know).
That is if I haven't got a working WDS by then so I can do it myself. Won't take many trips to a shop or the dealer to pay for a WDS!
I searched internet and read an article on decoding Tibbe key cuts. Jaguar is 8 cuts of three possible depths "8x3". There is another fellow on ebay who will cut the keys for $18 each. I am trying to convince him to do it from the Tibbe code without sending him my only key and I think he is coming around. When I have the 2 new chipped and cut keys, I will take them and my original to reprogram the security system for all the keys. My local independent Jaguar repair shop will do it for under $100. There are locksmiths who will come to your place and do it for probably a similar price. Jag dealer might not charge much over $100 to program them, either (I don't know).
That is if I haven't got a working WDS by then so I can do it myself. Won't take many trips to a shop or the dealer to pay for a WDS!
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