Key Fob runs car but no remote features

Did I buy the wrong car?

I just recently purchased a 2007 Prius from a used car dealer. The car had previous damage in the right rear. Everything seems fine on the car with the exception of the Key Fob remotes. I have 2 (silver sks) which both run the car, but do not work for remote lock/unlock or sks. I have put fresh batteries in each.

I have searched the helpful data in this forum and found out about programming the key fob's. Using the door flapping sequence, the car has reported that 2 key fobs are registered.

My question is, does this mean the 2 key fobs I have are the 2 registered because they run the car? Or can a key fob run the car without being registered. Also, does it make sense to assume that there is something wrong with the car as opposed to the key fobs that is preventing the remotes from working?

Thanks for any information to links to existing content that I missed!!

 

Thanks for the quick replies. This place rocks!

The key fobs only work when inserted in the key slot. And, neither the SKS _nor_ remote lock/unlock work on either remote.

I have ruled out:

1) Dead Fob battery, because led's previous lit had this issue, replace batteries in both and still have issue.

2) SKS button. Has no effect have tried both positions multiple times (and I don't think it effects remote lock/unlock anyway).

Trying to decide if my condition points towards 3) Broken SKS/remote reception interpretation system in car or 4) Fob or Fob registration issue and if there is anything I can do about it.

Evidence seems to point to broken SKS/remote reception interpretation system to me. I assume that any Fob registered to start the car (from in the slot) would be reported as a registered Fob when querying the Fob registration. Since only 2 Fobs are currently registered, I assume that those are the 2 I have. Is this correct thinking? I see that it is possible that the previous owner lost fobs and had them replaced, but since this was a person who took the car back to the dealer for all service appointments it seems that if they lost them they would have gotten full featured fobs as a replacement.

I don't think the used car dealer I bought the car from has enough knowledge to replace the key fobs if they were missing. And, I see no reason the insurance company would have messed with them.

The car was damaged in the right rear, but was not that extensive. Since I see the 12V battery back there, I thinking more like, the SKS system was not properly wired back up or a sensor is malfunctioning and preventing the whole system from working.

I am dealing with Kings Toyota and will be taking the car back up there tomorrow. Being a large dealership, I am hoping they are my best chance to get this resolved although they have not inspired me with confidence at this point. Reading this forum, it seems that I should not expect them to be "all knowing" even though they have the tools. With so much good information here, I am actually hoping to help them solve this problem. It may be that they are neck deep in accelerator pedals and haven't spent quality time on my car yet.

Thanks for the comments!