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Lost all key. Have a donate vehicle. What do i need to transfer to my prius for the key to work?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by faciest, May 2, 2017.

  1. faciest

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    Hey guys long story short. I lost all the key of my 2007 prius. I had to busted the window to open the door and tow it to my house. Anyway I have another wrecked 2009 prius that i purchased for the hybrid battery so now i have all the parts from the 2009 prius left including the key. Both have smart key. My question is what do i need to take from the wrecked 2009 prius to install it on my 2007 prius to be able to get the key working with my 2007? Thanks in advance.
     
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    Tow the car to the dealer, bring your 2 keyfobs from the other car. Have them do an ignition reseed to make the other keyfobs work. They will charge you 1 or 2 hours of labor. You may want to bring along the car's title to prove it's your car.
     
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    No need a 2007 prius can program the key in the dash socker. Search the web for chicken dance. A dealer can make a metal key from the vin code

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    he can program without having any original keys?
     
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    the dealer is 30 miles away and i dont want to pay the tow truck to town it there.
     
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    It may take three or more times to get the proceedure down

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    why can't they just move the computer over with the fob?
     
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    Good luck i see this is a rh, drive prius.UK? MY PROCESS WAS A BIT DIFFERENT. You have nothing to loose. My 2011 cost me $110 at the dealer to program. I did my 2007 myself. Used fob from ebay.

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    i thought the op was from texas.(n)
     
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    Afaik, the "computer" for a 2009 and 2007 are quite different and hold the vin code. I had an old fob but it was dead. Best of luck

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    You programmed a used fob, WITH AN ORIGINAL KEY IN HAND? He lost all keys.
     
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    My original key was fried. I lost four keys for two cars. Had to pay toyota on the 2011. There are locksmiths who can come to you. They are rare.

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    Well I hope this works without having an original key. Then we can all just do this chicken dance with an unlocked Prius and drive it home
     
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    He has nothing to loose. Find a locksmith. There is also a key that has a chip in the head that can be programmed. But it must stay in the socket while running.

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    Any car thief can do that on most cars. But towing the car? Call a locksmith

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    How wrecked is the 2009? Maybe you fix that one.
     
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    Its bad. Trans axle came out and broke and engine. Cant be fixed. I would replace the engine if its still in good shape
     
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    So to wrap it up i cant move the 2009 parts to 2007 to make it works? I cant even do a chicken dance method?