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| Prius Main Forum This is a discussion on Smart Key - Ran Through the Wash within the Prius Main Forum forums, part of the Toyota Prius Forums category; Anyone else run their Smart Key through the wash yet? Ran my through our front loader last night. Took it ... |
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| Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas
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My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | Anyone else run their Smart Key through the wash yet? Ran my through our front loader last night. Took it out of the washer this morning and it still works. Went ahead and took the battery out, dried it off, let everything sit in the sun for a while, and put it back to together. Still works from a distance. Figured I got lucky on this one. |
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| Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Milton, Ma
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My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #6 Touring Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | the smart key is as durable of any other non-electronic key.. the key can be taken with you in the ocean, pool, diving and can even be dropped from a very high distance. |
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| Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Milton, Ma
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My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #6 Touring Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | the smart key is as durable of any other non-electronic key.. the key can be taken with you in the ocean, pool, diving and can even be dropped from a very high distance. |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Winnipeg Manitoba
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My Car: 2004 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 3 | I have a front loader and also managed to wash my fob. Have also sent a usb flash drive through the cycle. Unlike a top loader, the clothes in a front loader really aren't submerged. That helps |
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| xbdude Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: North Central Florida
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My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | Mine's been through the wash (lots of soap and fabric softener) and then through the drier and STILL works just fine. They seem quite durable, but I don't want to try that again. It's still clean. |
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