Skoda Security code.

[backwoodsman]

I need to get a new key cut for my Skoda Superb - and the prospective key supplier has asked me for the Security code (or PIN) for the car.

Trouble is, I don't own the car, (only have it on long term contract hire) and although I have various bit of paper with a variety of different numbers on them, I don't know what the security code should look like? One of those number might be the security code or might not?

Anyone got a newish Skoda, or otherwise know where I'd find the the security code and what it should look like? ( how many digits? just digits, or combination of alpha-numeric?)

 

[CliveW]

Do you have a key and just need a spare or have you lost it? If you have the original you can code a new key yourself. Just look up you tube and search "Skoda key coding" or similar.

 

[backwoodsman]

I have a key but need to replace a lost one. And fhe key cutter says they need the security code to make it fully functional.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Apologies for asking an obvious question but is there a reason you are not going to a dealer? I googled this, I also have a Superb on lease so am interested, and Skoda seem to be one of the tougher ones to get cut independently and not have issues. I'm guessing there is a price saving but do you need the headache of the car not working because the key is not programmed correctly?

 

[backwoodsman]

I just chose to go to the nearest "legitimate" place that could do one. There aren't any Skoda dealers particularly close by me. I gather the cost is cheaper - but that's not really the driving force. Will take me most of a day to get one via a dealer rather than an hour via the more local source

But the simple thing l have is, l quite possibly have the security code, but l don't know, cos l don't recognise it? (For instance; a person tells me l need a banana. I've got lots of fruit but l don't know what a banana looks like, so don't know if l've got one. If you tell me what a banana looks like, l can then tell you if l have got one.).

But in the end, if needs be l'll go to a dealer. Or, at the end of the contract, return the car one key short, and let them charge me.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

My understanding of all VW group keys is that you need to return to the dealer to have all the keys coded to the car, not just the new key.
As I understand it, there is a transponder in the key and that’s why the key needs coding to the car but you can’t have different codes between keys, they all have to be the same which is why you have to have all keys recoded when you need a new key.
That’s what I had to do when I needed a new VW group key.
As an aside, VW (and probably all the group) now have an option when ordering a new car to have extra keys made at the time of order, so instead of 2 keys you get 4. It definitely works out cheaper than having to get a new key ordered, then cut then coded.

 

[backwoodsman]

My understanding of all VW group keys is that you need to return to the dealer to have all the keys coded to the car, not just the new key.
As I understand it, there is a transponder in the key and that’s why the key needs coding to the car but you can’t have different codes between keys, they all have to be the same which is why you have to have all keys recoded when you need a new key.
That’s what I had to do when I needed a new VW group key.
As an aside, VW (and probably all the group) now have an option when ordering a new car to have extra keys made at the time of order, so instead of 2 keys you get 4. It definitely works out cheaper than having to get a new key ordered, then cut then coded.

This is pretty much as l understand it - except the need to go back to a dealer. The security code is needed so that the new key can be coded, and the remaining other keys can be recoded. The key cutter says its a simple process but needs me to give him the security code - which he says l should already have. But l don't know which number to give him - l have several stickers/labels etc with various possible candidates - but which one?? I was hoping a Skoda owner would be able to say something like "mine is 6 characters long - two letters than 4 numbers" or "a mix of 10 alphanumeric separated into three groups by full stops" - or something.

As an aside, apparently there is also a code/PIN for the radio - which I'm also supposed to have but l don't knowingly do? (He also says he can go to Skoda and get the code, but that will cost me an extra £30. I also still have two working keys - but will need to hand back three when the contract is up).

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I went back through all of my documents and can not find anything that relates to what you are looking for. I presume that Skoda keep it close to their chests.

Do you have a service history book? I do not even have that now, it is all kept on their computer. It feels odd to come away from a service without having something stamped.

 

[backwoodsman]

I've now been in touch with Skoda Finance (from whom I'm leasing the car) and am told they won't give me the code as anew key is "maintenance" - which l have to do through a Skoda dealership. So will now take a whole day instead of an hour to get the key, and will cost about twice as much. A bit closed shop if you ask me & l guess one of the drawbacks of leasing rather than owning. Bah humbug.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I've now been in touch with Skoda Finance (from whom I'm leasing the car) and am told they won't give me the code as anew key is "maintenance" - which l have to do through a Skoda dealership. So will now take a whole day instead of an hour to get the key, and will cost about twice as much. A bit closed shop if you ask me & l guess one of the drawbacks of leasing rather than owning. Bah humbug.

I think you will find it’s more a security measure, as is you needing to go through the dealer to HO if you lock your radio out and need it’s code.
It’s the VW group way of trying to stop the mass stealing of car radios that was endemic a few years ago.

 

[Swinglowandslow]

Funny in a way, having a car with a key isn't the main problem; having a keyless car is!
What a state affairs when you have to have a keyless car if having a particular model.
In view of the indisputable rise in car thefts because of keyless technology, it seems to me unbelievable that options to have a key are not available.
In fact, why ,in the face of the stats, keyless technology is being continued, is beyond me. Turning the key to start a car can hardly be called a chore or difficulty!