On 05/09/2016 13:17, Timothy Murphy wrote:
My daughter has lost the alarm fob for her 2010 Fiat 500 (bought new).
She still has all the information provided with the car,
in particular a card with a picture of a car key on it,
giving an Electronic Code and a Mechanical Code.

Is it possible to get a new alarm fob online?
If so, is the above sufficient information for this?


No idea. As Tim+ has suggested, ask on a Fiat forum, but it may be
dealer time.

She has the key for the car (two of them),
and only wants the alarm fob.

The reason she needs this is that the car will not start,
and the alarm goes off when she opens the door.

Usually turning the ignition on will silence the alarm, if it's an OE
alarm, but I've little experience of Fiat. What does the handbook say?
I'm not sure how Fiat do things, but other cars have the immobiliser
authentication chip in the key.

(It stops when she closes the door and locks it.)
Could the alarm actually stop the car starting?
Or does it just go off because the battery is dead?

I have tried charging the battery overnight,
but it still did not start.

Does it turn over? If so, then the battery is probably fine and the
starting is blocked by an immobiliser.