help need a spare key cut !!!

[BLACK6N_POLO]

i have a 6n 1997 and need to get a new key cut! is it true tht there is an imobiliser chip inside my key and tht vw have to make me a new one!
how much does this cost and is there alternatives

thanks

[bloomfield_5]

In my 1996 key there isn't an imobilizer. I have a little seperate thingy for the imobilizer. I know on the newer models there is an imobilzer chip put in them as you have to have a key code put in it or it won't open your doors or start the car.

[BLACK6N_POLO]

mine is a one litre no ctrl locking or anything does tht make any difference

[bloomfield_5]

I would have thought that there is no imobilizer in it, but don't hold me to that.

You could try prizing it apart and seeing if there is a chip in it.

If I was you I would go and get a non-VW cut and see if it works. (It probably will). But if it doesn't then you have only lost about a 5'er. Where as VW will charge you a hell of a lot more when you probably don't even need a genuine one.