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Well, yes there is. Many if not most new cars require the ECU to be programmed to accept a new key. That's how typical theft deterrence works today. You must al
by jiveturkey 8y ago
Well, yes there is. Many if not most new cars require the ECU to be programmed to accept a new key. That's how typical theft deterrence works today. You must also have possession of all keys to be programmed. You can't just add a key and leave the others in place.
- grecy 8y ago> You must also have possession of all keys to be programmed. You can't just add a key and leave the others in place. Sure, if you do it at the dealer. Find someone with a programmer and they can add a key without having the other keys - I've done it myself on my own vehicle.
- neuralRiot 8y agoDepends on the car, newer models need a special authorization to access security related ECUs
- grecy 8y agoOfficially, yes, but virtually all of them have a bypass programmer ~6 months after the vehicle is released.