Content by Jymbob in January, 2026

I bought these - specifically the ID 47 -7953X variant. I've seen some comments about it needing to be a blank key but haven't tried. Aliexpress dynamic pricing in effect - I paid £18.59 each in November and if you're new to the site they're probably even cheaper. Took about 2 weeks to arrive.

Yeah, the two off-brand keys I got are both significantly weaker in terms of getting detected. I'm going to have a look at if it's possible to increase the signal somehow, maybe dremmelling out the plastic a bit as it's annoying having to take the key out of my pocket.

Just checked. I'm in the same boat. @adamjs16 and update yet?

This guide is great. Unfortunately I'm an idiot and after successfully programming two keys then thought "oh hang on, I should remove the lost key while I'm here" and managed to stop the new ones working again. 🤦‍♂️ (2 hours later) Okay, I'm only a partial idiot. I went back to the car and...

Thanks to @MGGareth I now have a VNCI in my possession. Now just need to get past the (documented) login error issue and I'll be off to the races.