Hi all.
Sorry for posting in this old thread but I would like to share my experience with a lost key for my K11. This happened a month ago. After I lost the key MSC was the first place to get an advice from. So as per the advises I rang the locksmith........and a second one, and a third one......totally 7 in and around Swindon, Wiltshire. So the 24/7 service is a 24/7....VOICEMAIL!!! Couldn't get a locksmith on Saturday, and on Sunday, and on Monday. Finally one replied on Wednesday. He had a good rating in checkatrade.com. We agreed on the price - £150. He will come, he will make the key from the door lock, he will program the key, I will pay. So far so good. He came, made the key, heeeey I can unlock my car. Then he faced troubles with the key programming - his device could not communicate with the car. Tried many times....no, no and NO! So he said "Please pay me £40 for the key and I will come tomorrow with a friend of mine. He has all the equipment for Nissan and we will program the key". I said "Fair enough" and paid the 40 quid. And that was all. I waited for another week, texting and calling his phone and leaving messages to the 24/7 voicemail. Nothing happened. He never appear. Luckily I work in AUDI and before that I used to work as a valeter in Nissan, so I know some people. What I did at the end of the second week seeking a proper locksmith and fighting with windmills. Asked one of my colleagues - driver to get the towing bar and the service van. He came with the van and we towed the car to Fish Brothers Nissan. Left the car there around 1 PM. On the next day I received a message saying that my car is ready for collection. Job done. How much I paid - £40 for blank key to the locksmith who was 'supposed to come the next day with his friend', £29.73 for programming the key in Nissan. I asked what will be the price of a new key if I come again. So it will be £85....something.
Conclusions:
1. You lost your key of your Nissan Micra K11 - find a way to go to official Nissan dealer and they will do your key for approx. £86 from scratch.
2. Useless to call locksmiths. They will bring a 24/7 voicemail service, or will charge you twice the price of the dealer, or both.
3. Some thing I didn't know at that time - in UK It's not illegal to tow a car with rope if you don't have towing bar or the recovery will cost you a fortune.
I hope this post will be useful. Down-below there is a list of some of the locksmiths I called. If the Admin or the Moderators find the list inappropriate, please delete and accept my apologies. So...:
Keys4cars.co.uk
alswltd.co.uk
vehicle-locksmith.co.uk
autolocksmith.uk.com
carkeyadvice.com with 0844 phone No.
the others I can't remember