Generic blank key wth chip 3 blinks, pause, 3 pause, etc..?

Generic blank key with chip 3 blinks, pause, 3 pause, etc..?


Ok 1st off I know this subject has been hashed 100's of times because, I read through most of them.


8 days ago I bought a 2005 Prius package #6 with installed head rest DVD too. 201,000 THOUSAND MILES! I can't believe it did that!?? [grin] but dang the car is in remarkable condition, clean carfax and 1 single owner, @ $4,200 bucks, I couldn't refuse.


Currently averaging 42 MPG while learning to adapt driving habits to get more.


Anyways; I'm also new to smart key operation and OMG I only got 1 smart key which is scary! So, after studying and learning the ins and outs of these, new verses used etc.

The 'hat dance', 5 times master key, 6 times door, watch blinky security icon till it stops and presto bingo you're new key is partially programed. I got that but, I couldn't find this happening..

I picked up a cheap chipped key off e-bay. "2003 - 2011 Toyota Transponder Key - 4D 67 (Without logo)" $10 delivered. It's suppose to unite with prius's ecu but rather than blink 1 time after the hat trick and installing the new key backwards and holding it in, it began blinking 3 times, pause, 3 times, pause, etc and after an minute or two began flashing 1 time pause, 1 time pause and never stopped.. after holding dang key in backwards for 5 minutes, I give. after 4-5 attempts the key is not working.

So, what is the ECU trying to tell me with the 3 blinks?

 

Nope but I'm obviously not going to drop 100 bucks on new remote smart key as, my urgency is having a basic spare key.. and then decide if I want and can go the distance wit another hat trick, (I read those blogs too) on a brand new never programed key. verses handing over 300 bucks to my local dealer who claims that there's no hat trick to do it. , ( I checked with them too) . [wink]

all I need to know at the moment is: what does 3 blink pause, 3 blink pause, etc. mean?

Maybe the ECU is telling me that the cheap chipped key is bogus, but unless translated 3 blink pause might as well be in Chinese. {grin]

 

the key I bought for 10 bucks, not 11, lol. is:
"2003 - 2011 Toyota Transponder Key - 4D 67 (Without logo)" has a 4D chip inside and the same type of chip inside my master smart key too. . that's the latest chip as 04 uses a different chip. I spent quite a time checking and double checking differences and what the Toyota logo key has inside to insure I'm matched 4D to 4D transponder chip.

That key will only open doors manually but, or and stick it in backwards ECU reads the 4D chip, , push start button and go.. I.E. it's the perfect spare, no battery, no limits on basic usage.

if 3 blink pause translates into ECU calling out bogus chip, then I refund and buy the danged logo key.. but, 1 step at a time.. 3 blink pause means what?

 

I'm glad to see we're both on the same page now. [grin]

Perhaps I should elaborate. I might be new to smart key, but I've been using data from ecu's since Cadillac put them in the 76 Seville. I am not new to automotive computer tech. However, every new toy has their own priority system of codes that'll display when ya do the hat tricks. most know 1 blink, pause is the ECU's code saying it's processing the new identity on the chip, but,, I could not find anybody saying they got 3 blinks and pause or translation for that:what the ECU is saying when 'hat tricking' for new key ID and ECU is blinking 3 times then pause, 3, pause, 3 pause etc. . ..

 

Whelp, accordingly, it's the old 5 in and out slide, pop the door 6, switch and wait, one more on the door to finalize trick. I presume of course you tried that too eh?

There's a U-tube of a guy doing it but, he's using the logo key. You've seen that U-tube video, which makes it really simple to understand and do, yes?? Yet, all the info out there indicates the only difference between the logo key and blank key with chip seems to be, one china manufacture abridging logo copyright and another china manufacture (non-logo) not.

The e-bay seller I got mine from says he doesn't know about the tricks to program them, they are simply a locksmith supplier. And yes the seller is happy to resolve but, Heck $10 buck key, is talking to me, "3 blink pause, 3 blink pause" I don't want to bounce it until code is deciphered.

 

Flashing code up-date. after trying it a few more times I realized it is not 3 blink pause rather it's 2 and 1.

2 quick flashes then 1 blink and pause. so the code would be saying; first means 2 or 20 and second means 1 or 10.

 

Yes, it is quite scary walking planet earth wit one master smart key, agreed. I do intend to get one but first me likes to learn the dances, trickle spending, budget minded, start small and move as needed or required. . Wait, isn't that the whole reason people buy hybrids? [grin]

Besides, before I bought mine, 200,100 THOUSAND MILES! ( my brain is having problems still, registering the fact that I actually did that) ) for $4,200, I planed an expense budget of another $1,000. And because big things can happen fast on these, (complete duel motor/engine system) I aint running around and buying junk until I'm completely comfortable as is.

Fortunately, thanks to this and the other forum I managed to gain an insight before, and, I mean minutes before, I hopped onto a used key, (dumb key).

And dang, holy cow, no wonder the hybrid market wasn't flooded the 1st few years. From programming to repair and driving it's a whole new ball game. Geez, I thought I was on top of the game because, I've experienced all the OBD I and II functions, their hat tricks (chicken dance) and variable codes for the past 30+ years.

what's worse my 05 is 10 years behind the game.