Prius FOB Question

I didn't think you're black back remote would have a transponder chip I thought it should only have a green board and a battery and rubber buttons The transponder chip that goes down in the lower portion of the remote I thought I understood it to be for the silverback logoed remotes for the SKS function. When you walk up to your car with the remote in your pocket can you just touch the door handle and open the door? Or do you have to push a button on the remote? Do you have a rubber button on your driver front door and on your hatch? And yours is a what year? Is it a tourer w fogs and Nav?

 

You thought wrong, all remotes have the RFID chip in them. It is the fallback so you can start the car in the event the battery goes flat.

I guess it would be possible but most likely wouldn't be worth your time or expense. You'd be just as well off buying another fob secondhand and reprogramming it using the chicken dance.

If you can find one to order.

 

So then the remote I had for an '04 and a half with a black key back no silver It was a tourer w fogs and Nav . The remote worked unlock the doors and the car started but when I took the remote apart to enshrout it with a new plastic and push buttons there was no transponder chip in the bottom of the fob where it is in my '09 silver I thought that was kind of strange myself but I also didn't see the flashing red key whatever that means on my motorcycle that flashing red key means that the bike is locked and the chip is not near and it's waiting for the chip to get near or the key to being inserted in the keyhole then that red light goes out until that key is removed again

 

I need to call my buddy up at all lock and key and see what he can do and what he has available there seems to be tons of these things out in the wild in the aftermarket and all of that I can't imagine these places that are popping up left and right to do all this key work to all these remotes even the newer ones with the key built in sticking out all the time etc etc there must be a way to reasonably deal with this because everybody has this problem in the last 15 years. With my Italian bikes you have to have this machine at the locksmith shop called an RD something It can get the data out of the transponder chip so that the key shop can program their own ship to your needs so it works your vehicle It doesn't seem like it should be all that complicated for the Prius considering you can do it to the Cadillacs and all of that. I'm not against paying $200 or 250 for a remote that works or that's been programmed to work or whatever That's not the huge issue that's only a one-time deal for me generally speaking.

 

You are correct there is a 5 key limit on the Gen 2.

You can check how many are programmed easily enough in Techstream and if necessary there are Techstream routines to deleted all keys except the one you're using. You can then add back the other keys you have in your possession.

 

What the heck is the chicken dance? Time to use the search forum function.