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Will your Prius car Insurance or AAA cover the cost of a lost FOB KEY ?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by ski.dive, May 14, 2018.

  1. ski.dive

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    Will your Prius car Insurance or AAA cover the cost of a lost FOB KEY ?
     
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    Novel idea....call your agent and ask....all companies differ.
     
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    stolen maybe, but i have $500. deductible.
     
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    My mom just lost the one keyfob she had. $430 out the door to re-seed ECU and get new keyfob.

    AAA roadside payed for $100 of it.
     
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  6. bisco

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    that's pretty good.(y)
     
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    Especially given that all the accounts of read on dealers costs to re-seed are well north of $1000.
     
  8. dolj

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    Not the stories on PC, mostly in the $400-$500 ballpark for re-seed and 1 new key.
     
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    2k1Toaster Brand New Prius Batteries

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    Yep, sometimes bad things happen and it's nobody elses fault.