[Success] Is there a backup key code in my Lotus Esprit S1 manual?

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Happycamper
Member since March 2022 • 73 posts

How to get the key code to program keys for my Lotus Esprit S1?

Posted on March 04, 2025
Adminbot
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Posted on March 05, 2025

Replies (6)

Redbull
Member • 113 posts

Anyone have luck with this on a 2015 Lotus Esprit S1?

March 05, 2025 Reply
Icemann
Member • 141 posts

My Lotus Esprit S1 has the same problem—any luck getting the key code?

March 06, 2025 Reply
Hotwheels
Member • 35 posts

Can confirm it worked for my 2013 Lotus Esprit S1.

March 07, 2025 Reply
Zetareticuli
Member • 21 posts

My Lotus Esprit S1 needs a new key but I need the code first. Help!

March 08, 2025 Reply
Darkknight
Member • 57 posts

Thanks! Been struggling with this on my Lotus Esprit S1 for a while.

March 09, 2025 Reply
Echolima
Member • 149 posts

I’ve got a 2012 Lotus Esprit S1, would this method still work?

March 10, 2025 Reply

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