Stolen key's and alarm fob!

[terri8le1]

Had my car key's stolen from work last night, along with the sigma alarm key fob! And the worst thing is, i have'nt got any spare, they were the only set. Anybody have any idea's on how to get a replacement alarm fob and car keys? I thought it might be difficult with it being a 1995 N reg and not knowing where the alarm was installed.

[difficultrogue]

Your only hope on the alarm is there may still be some sticker plates on the casing of the alarm its self - under the bonnet or where ever it is - then call the alarm co with the code (if there is one) and hope they send out another fob.

The ignition is a lot easier - but expensive simply take proof of ownership of the car to your vw garage and some docs of the car its self - and from the ch no they should be able to get you a key for that car

[Pete Taylor]

Your insurance should sort out the issue with key replacement upto a certain value (normally about £150 I think), give them a bell. It's difficult to replace just the key, all the locks need changing and a new key coded to match the ECU immobiliser if you were to do it yourself. VW through insurance will sort a new coded key. As regards to the alarm, I think you're pretty screwed. Worth paying £200 to have a brand new toad CAT1 alarm fitted. That price will include them coming out to you and fitting the kit aswel as removing your old alarm

[terri8le1]

Also, just to make thing that much worse, someone came to look at the car on sunday to buy and said they would let me know earlier in the day if they were having it, so i left all the documents in the car under the seat as i was pretty sure he was gonna come back and buy it, but he never and i didnt take the docs out! So all the car documents are still in the car Think i am truly f**ked then

[eightyeightmph]

SIGMA went a few years back when they were bought out by toad. Unfortunately trying to talk to anyone about SIGMA is practically impossible. Replacement keyfobs are readily available for £50.00 new but also come up on eBay quite often, where I got my spare in fact!

I had a thread about them a while back when I was after a spare!?

Easy enough to tune in a new fob too, don't need the alarm details for many of them but obviously helpful when trying to explain things to an alarm specialist.

Does it look like these by any chance??

[eightyeightmph]

Do you not have a spare key at all???

Getting into it wise you could pop a piece of glass, check what the local scrappy has to offer first though in case you have to replace it.

[terri8le1]

Hi mate, yeh thats the fob i need as it happens. So do you reckon i buy a replacement one of them off ebay etc? Wouldnt have a clue how to program it in though. If i can get that sorted, its a good start, then i'll have to go to VW and somehow get them to ring DVLA to prove i'm the registered keeper so i can get a new key cut. No i dont have any spare keys or fobs for the car, strange i know.

[Pete Taylor]

If you buy a replacement fob... whoever has the original can still unlock your car though because the alarm frequency will be the same!

[ollie6n]

It's not worth trying to get a replacement one done, keep in mind someone still has the key and the alarm fob like pete says! Go for the new alarm, if its for sale and someone buys it then it gets stolen with no glass or anything they're gonna think you did it aint they. . . New alarm m'boy!

[terri8le1]

Yeh its a good point. So annoying, nearly sold it sunday aswell, now i'm gonna have to fork out for a new alarm