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PRIUS Key Fob

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by sebastianor, Jul 25, 2012.

  1. sebastianor

    sebastianor New Member

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    Today, just had 2010 prius key fob programed. Lesson learned: DO NOT go to Toyota dealer!!!

    Over past month I went to 3 different dealers with key fob bought online from Remote Overstock on e-bay.

    Each dealer gave me a story of why they could NOT program fob after waiting 1 to 3 hours at each dealer!

    Examples of lame excuses: Hard key not cut (Not a problem) Battery dead (NO.) Hard key does not match fob (Not a problem.). One didn't even know the car needed to be in accessory mode to program the fob.

    Today, went to locksmith and 45 minutes later had fob programed. So surprised I then had them cut the hard key.

    Remote Overstock on e-bay was SUPER. They offered to refund or replace the fob, but they kept asking I try a locksmith from list they sent. No locksmith close to here, but no matter because the time I spent with the Toyota Dealers was in excess of 6 hours!! Plus drive time.

    Went to a locksmith and they programed the fob and cut the hard key.

    DO NOT GO TO TOYOTA DEALERS to have prius key fob programed.
     
    #1 sebastianor, Jul 25, 2012
  2. xamnosidda

    xamnosidda Junior Member

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    What did the locksmith charge you? Doesn't Toyota charge like $400 for a new fob plus programming.

    If this is a less expensive route, that's really good to know. Where are you in Florida? I'm near Disney myself.
     
    #2 xamnosidda, Jul 25, 2012
  3. sfv41901

    sfv41901 Masta S

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    Wow....those were some BS excuses

    At least u didn't have to pay the outrageous dealer cost.
     
    #3 sfv41901, Jul 25, 2012
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