galant estate key fob

[lachojski]

i have recently bought a galant estate classic it has two keys but none with a fob.my question is how do i know if the car ever had a fob and if it did how would i go about getting a new one? i dont like opening the car with a key everytime i get in it.
cheers

[Nick Mann]

It sounds like it is a UK car. Have you got a round plastic thing about the size of a penny with two small concentric metal contacts on it mounted to the dash? Usually in the area of the coin tray or foglight switch.

UK cars came with a rebadged Cobra alarm that was spliced in to the central locking. I have never seen a UK market car with a button on the key itself.

[Kryton]

If it's a uk car it would have came with a cobra alarm. If you have no fob, immobiliser stick or card, then I would personally change the alarm for a new one, especially as im guessing your immobiliser has been bypassed by the sounds of it. You can confirm if it defo gad a cobra alarm as there will be a circular immob point on your dash to the right of the wheel

[Kryton]

Beat me but confirms my thoughts

[lachojski]

sorry forgot to say its a uk spec.yea its got that plastic thing in the dash,in the middle of the steering cowling and coin tray.ok so i need a cobra key fob and get it reprogrammed?or is that not possible.
cheers for the help.

[Nick Mann]

Potentially, yes, but I'd check with a cobra alarm guy or a mitsy tech. I think you need at least the touch thingy for the dash contacts to program? There is a manual on this site somewhere.

[lachojski]

sorry for all the questions but with it having the immob bit in the dash how is the car starting?lol.or has it been switched off?

[Kryton]

I'm guessing it's bypassed as the keys don't have chips. The immob is deactivated by the fob

[Nick Mann]

Check this out:

http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/showthread.php?11636

[Nick Mann]

It might not be an immobiliser equipped alarm? Some of them the touchy thing only over rides the alarm, not the immobiliser.

[lachojski]

o right,get ya now.lol.so looking at the thread you cant re program without the prongy thing?

[Kryton]

Ah ok, I thought (but could be wrong) that the uk galants had elite mk4's the same as evos. I also thought that these were dual immobiliser. Wouldn't like to put any money on it as not at all confident, just my usual "blonde" thoughts

[adamvortex]

yes all uk galants & evos had these alarms fitted at portbury docks, im sure a dealer can get you a new master key to re-program new key fobs it must be on there database under the vin number details

[imapetrolhead]

mines got the fuse taken out and everything works ok, you put fuse back in and it wont start and alarm goes off, it is very odd that you turn the imobilisor off by pulling a fuse out

[lachojski]

looked in my folder today and found a leaflet telling me how to do all the re programming but it hast got the pin code i need.lol.i also need a stick/prong thing which is coded.going to ask at work if anything can be done.

[horndog]

Might be as cheap to have an aftermarket alarm fitted with remotw locking?