Immobiliser/Keypad -HELP!

[coops1889]

Morning

I've just been looking at a VTR ('97 R) at a 2nd hand dealer. I'm very close to buying it but there's one problem. The keypad on the car doesn't work at all, the bloke there has told me that it doesn't make any difference as the immobiliser is controlled by a chip in the keys.

Is this right or is he trying to pull a fast one on me?

Thanks for any help that you can give.

[hesslevtr]

does the car start

they could of disabled the key pad so it will work

[coops1889]

It starts fine.

How do I stand insurance-wise if the keypad is disabled or security-wise? Does the immobiliser still work?

If I wanted to have the keypad re-enabled, how much would I be looking at roughly?