The mystery of a disappearing key cards Few weeks ago we have been called out to a lovely lady in Hereford. She lost her Renault Megan key card, the car was locked so we needed to unlock it and programme a new key card for her. Luckily the car was parked on her driveway and…
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Key Card Life Hacks – Do it yourself… or maybe don’t… As you can imagine we have plenty stories to tell about our customers who try to save money and fix their key cards themselves. We know where they are coming from and understand that sometimes it is tempting to try and fix the problem…
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Forsaken Renault Laguna Few days ago we have been called out to help a 2002 Renault Laguna owner. The car didn’t wanted to start, my initial thought was that the card reader is faulty as it is a very common issue in this Renault model. The owner thought that the key card was to blame…
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On the road with Key Card Services Today I decided to share some of my frustrations with you. As you can imagine due to the nature of our business we spend a lot of time driving to get to our customers. Most of our driving consists of getting from one customer to another, one key…
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Returning Customers Today blog entry I decided to dedicate to one of our returning customers. For obvious reasons I instead of using his real name I will refer to him as Tom. Tom was one of our first customers, he contacted us in December 2016 just before Christmas asking for a replacement key card for…
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Renault Key Card and The Law of Sod We tend to look optimistically into the future and always hope for the best. Don’t get me wrong, we know what we are doing and we are aware of all or most of unexpected things that may happen while providing our services. While Murphy’s law says that…
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Unlucky 13th… Have you ever dreaded the 13th? Or worse Friday the 13th? We have never been superstitious until two days ago. We have been called out to a gentleman whose Renault Espace key card stopped working. From what we were told it sounded as it was really a simple matter of replacing a key…
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Card not detected message on the dashboard is one of the most common error messages owners of Renault Megane and Renault Scenic will see at some point in their life. It is one of the most frustrating situations as there is no way of going around it. Without functioning key card you are unable to…
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When should you replace your Renault key card Many customers ask us when is it best to replace their Renault key card and what are the first signs of key card developing faults. There is no easy answer as some key cards will last months with small faults like intermittent locking problems and some will…
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Loosing Your Renault Key Card Loosing your Renault key card can be very stressful, not only you can’t use your car but also you have no idea who might have found it and also if you really lost it or if it was stolen. If you were shopping or maybe just went for a coffee…
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