Citroën Relay Key Replacement in Bristol

A Citroën Relay off the road is money walking out the door. Whether it is a courier’s panel van, a builder’s Luton or the base of your motorhome, a lost, stolen or snapped key does not just cost a key — it costs the delivery, the job, or the holiday you booked months ago.

The dealer route is the worst of all worlds for a working van: recovery to the branch, an appointment days away, and a bill stacking the key, the coding and the transport while the Relay sits idle. A general locksmith cannot programme it either — the Relay runs a Stellantis (PSA) immobiliser, so an uncoded key will open the door but never crank the engine.

Lock City is a mobile van locksmith that comes to your yard, depot, campsite or the roadside. We cut the HU83 blade, code the key to your immobiliser on-site and get you moving — no towing, no dealer wait. We also handle deadlocks and fleet and motorhome spare keys, so a single failure never strands you. Call 07967 097 899, Mon–Fri 8am–5:30pm.

Knowing which Relay you run tells us the blade, chip and software to bring — and whether it is a quick spare or a full all-keys-lost:

Citroën Relay (Sevel Large, 1994–present)

• Blade: PSA VA2 / HU83 profile on the Citroën-badged van [verify against your VIN].
• Transponder: Philips/NXP Hitag2 (ID46) immobiliser chip — OBD-programmable with dealer-level Stellantis software.
• Remote: plain transponder key on early/base vans; flip (switchblade) remote on later X250 / X290 vans.
• All-keys-lost: programmed by OBD at the roadside; the BSI PIN is usually readable by OBD, so no need to recover the van.

The sibling truth (genuine information gain)

The Relay is the Sevel Large van — mechanically identical to the Fiat Ducato and Peugeot Boxer, so it shares their blade-and-Hitag2 key system. One key-system, three badges. It is also the UK’s most common motorhome base, so many “Relay” keys we cut are actually on Auto-Trail, Swift or Bailey campers built on the Relay chassis-cab.

Note: the Fiat-badged Ducato uses the SIP22 blade while the Citroën/Peugeot side uses VA2/HU83 — tell us your reg (or VIN) and we will confirm the exact blank and chip before we travel.