Car key query

Do you still have the bit you cut off?

Belay all that. It turns out the transponder wasn't the bit I cut off the key blade, it's small ferrite-looking lump in the case which was still in the bin. Transplanted and working.

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Thanks, no, but that wasn't it - see my reply to myself.

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Your mishap is useful info - thanks!

I can't remember the last time I learnt so much and went from frustration to delight in so short a time.

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I've done a key transplant of a C6 key which I think is pretty similar to the C4. In my case the transponder transferred with the innards, that is the small PCB and battery. Are you sure you haven't damaged the PCB in moving?

Just to clarify my remote/key is one with three buttons.

No, the transponder was separate from the PCB, it's all fixed now thanks, see my other replies.

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If you are not worried about security, you can tape the transponder bit near the keyhole and then use any key with the same bitting (cut the same)without a transponder.

Weird! The C4 plip looks very like my C6 one but mine certainly had the transponder on the PCB. Is your plip a 3 button one?

Yes, I saw you had fixed it (after I posted).

Two buttons. This shows where the transponder goes...

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Ah! It's not like mine then. I spent quite a while looking for the transponder thinking it *was* like yours, a separate thing in the plastic case somewhere. However I was wasting my time, on the three-button plips (unlock, lights, lock) the transponder is on the PCB. There's lots of very misleading information about the transponder being 'embedded' in the plastic of the case, not true either for yours or for mine.