Vauxhall Vivaro Key Replacement in Bristol

A Vauxhall Vivaro off the road is money walking out the door. For a sole trader or a fleet the Vivaro is the business — so a lost, stolen or snapped key does not just cost a key, it costs the job, the delivery and the day’s work.

The dealer route is the worst of all worlds for a working van: recovery to the branch, an appointment that suits them not you, and a bill that stacks the key, the coding and the transport on top of each other while your Vivaro sits idle. A general locksmith cannot programme it either — the Vivaro runs an encrypted immobiliser, so an uncoded key will open the door but never start the engine. And with the Vivaro there is an extra twist: the key system changed completely in 2019, so you need someone who knows both platforms.

Lock City is a mobile van locksmith that comes to your yard, depot or the roadside with the right software and blanks for your exact Vivaro. We cut the blade, code the key to your immobiliser on-site and get you moving — no towing, no dealer wait. We also supply fleet and spare van keys so a single failure never takes a van off the road. Call 07967 097 899, Monday to Friday, 8am–5:30pm.

The single most important question for a Vivaro is: what year is it? In 2019 Vauxhall moved the Vivaro onto an entirely different platform, which means the blade, the chip and the tooling all change. Tell us the year (or your reg) and we arrive with exactly the right kit.

Vivaro pre-2019 (2001–2019) — Renault Trafic platform

• Underneath: the earlier Vivaro is built on the Renault Trafic and is mechanically the same van as the Nissan Primastar — so it uses the Renault–Nissan key system, not a Vauxhall one.
• Key: Renault-style blade and remote with a Hitag (ID46) transponder; later cars use the more secure Hitag AES chip [verify against your VIN].
• All-keys-lost: programmed via the security PIN — a Renault-Nissan job, which is why a generic Vauxhall approach fails here.

Vivaro 2019-on (Vivaro C) — Peugeot Expert / Stellantis platform

• Underneath: the current Vivaro is built on the Stellantis EMP2 platform — mechanically the Peugeot Expert, Citroën Dispatch and Toyota Proace — so it uses their HU83 / VA2 key system.
• Key: HU83 high-security blade with a Hitag2 / AES transponder; keyless proximity entry on higher trims.
• All-keys-lost: roadside-programmable by OBD with current Stellantis software.

Bottom line: a “Vauxhall Vivaro key” does not exist as one thing — a pre-2019 van needs a Renault-Nissan key and a 2019-on van needs a Stellantis key. Give us the reg or the year and we will confirm the exact key, chip and price before we set off. Not sure whether you have a Vivaro or a Renault Trafic key system? We will tell you.