The Qashqai is one of the most common cars we see on AKL jobs in Nottingham. Volume seller, often daily-used, and the original keys go missing more often than the second set gets used. This one was a 2015 model - every key lost, no spare. We attended on site, picked the door open, decoded the lock, and had two working keys cut and programmed the same visit.
The call
With AKL there's no existing key to authenticate off, which rules out the fast add-key path. Everything has to come off the vehicle through the OBD port, and before any of that we need mechanical access to the car itself.
A 2015 Qashqai uses the NSN14 blade profile. The van went out with the NSN14 Lishi, a pair of blanks, and the Autel IM608.
How we replaced the keys
First job was access. The NSN14 Lishi lifted the door wafers, the cylinder turned, and we were in.
Once inside, the same Lishi went onto the ignition to decode. Tool in, wafers read one at a time off the gauge, bitting written down. On an eight-year-old Qashqai the ignition carries more wear than the door lock - it turns thousands more times in its life - so decoding from the ignition itself gives a bitting that matches the lock the key actually has to start.
Two blades cut to the decoded bitting on the van.
Programming ran on the Autel MaxiIM IM608 PRO II via OBD. The tool authenticated against the Nissan BCM, wiped every key the car had learned before, and wrote the two new transponders into the approved list. The wipe is automatic on AKL - you can't selectively keep old keys - so any missing original won't start the car.
Remotes paired to central locking and boot. Door-by-door and boot tested before pack-down.
Outcome
Two working keys in the customer's hand. Every previous key wiped from the immobiliser. Car back on the drive the same visit, no recovery truck, no Nissan dealer booking weeks out.
Lost every key to a Qashqai, Juke, Note, or any other Nissan? We come to you - Nottingham and the East Midlands, on-site AKL programming. Year and model on the phone and we'll load the van with the right Lishi.
Published: 20th December, 2025 | Updated: 22nd April, 2026