Programming a £16 ebay key for a 2016 Citroen C4 Cactus. Citroen Dealer quoted £300!
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@andystephenson71575 ай бұрын
when you have to choose the manufacturer if you click the little pdf logo it shows a list of which cars you can or cant programme. i have the same tool and done 3 different car keys so far.
@GrubbyRabbitRepairs5 ай бұрын
Great tip, thanks for adding this!
@davedave776 ай бұрын
Great video, well done
@montyludwig6 ай бұрын
You are brave to have attempted this knowing that if it didn't work the car would have been imobilized and your neighbour would have to buy an expensive new key! Congratulations!
@GrubbyRabbitRepairs6 ай бұрын
I think I worried too much. I think even if the car didn't like the eBay key then I still would have been fine because I programmed the original key first. It was fun to do and it saved my neighbour some money. Thanks for your comment 🙂
@vladimirpanayotov35675 ай бұрын
hi there ..... LIKE FROM ME ... the bit on the end with the dead battery solve my problem😅😅 . Thank you very much
@GrubbyRabbitRepairs5 ай бұрын
😁 great! I'm going to stock up on those CR2032 batteries for next time. Luckily I had one in a drawer. Thanks for your comment 🙂
@yueru336 ай бұрын
Good video!
@GrubbyRabbitRepairs6 ай бұрын
Thanks very much!
@Sonya_Makepeace5 ай бұрын
Well done! Those dealers are rip off merchants, like plumbers.
@GrubbyRabbitRepairs5 ай бұрын
I think cheap aftermarket keys, the lower price of these capable DIY level scan tools, and KZfaq has made key programming more accessible. I had never thought of doing it before I bought my D7 for DIY car maintenance. Now I'm itching to do more 😁. I've even been looking at cheap DEFU key cutting/duplicating machines for £150ish that are supposed to be pretty good. It's an interesting field. Although I think to be a proper auto locksmith you'd need to spend thousands on equipment, plus the training and getting experience first. I guess dealers have expensive showrooms and all the latest equipment to pay for. Not sure about plumbers though, luckily i haven't needed one yet. I'm sure they're not all bad 🙂. Thanks for your comment!
@LuxuryCarpets-td1mj5 ай бұрын
You didn’t show where and how you got the blade cut from ? I have a key programming tool but thinking if someone asks me to program a key on car I don’t know where to get the key and get it cut first and then program the remote
@GrubbyRabbitRepairs5 ай бұрын
Hi, my neighbour got the key cut at a local key cutting shop. I think she had to try a couple of shops as some don't cut keys they haven't supplied. I think that's just in case the key is made of harder metal and blunts their cutting bit.
@GrubbyRabbitRepairs5 ай бұрын
www.transpondery.com/help_guides_instructions.html Also, this website is very helpful for finding out immobiliser chip type and remote frequency etc. One thing that confused me for a while is that some remotes are listed as 433MHz and others are 434MHz but they are actually both the same. I think the frequency is 433.92MHz or something but it's either rounded up or down.
@kensalove9434Ай бұрын
Does that diagnostic tool compatible with the 2014 citreon DS4 to read codes
@GrubbyRabbitRepairsАй бұрын
Hi, I've checked on my XTool D7 and it has Citroen DS4 listed in the Citroen menu so should work fine
@gomesfilho8862 ай бұрын
Voce adicionou uma nova chave? Em relação a chave original nao desprogra?
@GrubbyRabbitRepairs2 ай бұрын
I added a new key and also had to add the original key. When you start the programming process you need to add all the keys you have for the car as any previous keys will be forgotten I believe.
@moayedsaei771519 күн бұрын
Is this OBD2 compatible with 2017 Peugeot2008? What is the name of your OBD2? I wish you were my neighbour 😅
@GrubbyRabbitRepairs18 күн бұрын
@@moayedsaei7715 Hi, it's an XTool D7. They should be getting cheaper as there's newer models out now, the D7S and D7W. All of them should work on your car. Good luck! You don't need me, it's all here on KZfaq 🙂. The hardest part is working out which key you need to buy.
@djsiuk6 ай бұрын
Very brave to attempt this. You never showed us a successful programming of the key.
@GrubbyRabbitRepairs6 ай бұрын
Both the original key and the new key started the car after the first programming. The original key remote buttons also also worked fine. It was just the new key remote didn't work because the battery was flat. I ran through the whole process again off camera after changing the battery and both keys worked perfectly for starting the engine and the remote after that. Sorry if the video didn't show it very well. I'd seen a similar video on a different Citroen model beforehand so that gave me the confidence to try it. I don't think I'd have tried otherwise as it wasn't my car and I would have been too scared in case I messed it up! Thanks for your comment 🙂