Lost key to 2001 Prius

Haven't contacted Toyota? The dealer may be able to program a new key. But that will incur additional costs.

 

Some very capable automotives locksmith can now do a lot of this there are tools that can read the business inside the car already I don't know if generations one had SKS or any of that but they know I can look in the manual to find out but there are people popping up all over the place that will be willing to try You can see them on the Facebook marketplace advertising key work if you notice a lot of the high-end scan tools the $3,000 units are capable of doing key work key coding transponder chip cloning and reading etc so I would think on the big island there should be one or two people at least I have friends that live on Kona they have Teslas so quite the difference in car type

 

Locksmith keyless online believe it or not hasn't exact duplicate of our trapezoidal transponder chip whether your model uses this I'm not sure . 2 Pop-A-Lock on the Big Island says he can do it so there's always that I believe if you look on eBay and all that you can find key fobs from the generation 1 Prius for pretty reasonable not a lot of people to sell them to so I would look into those things and see what you can make happen in the next day or two I don't think this is going to be a huge issue because this is a pretty old model and everything should be in place but give Pop a lock a call He's on the big island.

 

It is easy to DIY replace and program a key FOB for all Gen1 cars. There are a few companies that you can find on eBay and Amazon who sell "Programable" FOBs. They are not expensive, and they give you the very easy to follow "chicken dance" to program it.

If you have lost the actual Key then you are going to have to hire a locksmith (NOT THE DEALER) to come make a key. They will require your proof of ownership.

 

Art's Automotive ran an article years ago about a lost-keys situation in a gen 1:

Gen1 Prius Replacement Key