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> And if they had, people would be on here complaining about evil corporate greed because it costs $300 to duplicate and program a transponder key. Has this ch
by aidenn0 3y ago
> And if they had, people would be on here complaining about evil corporate greed because it costs $300 to duplicate and program a transponder key.
Has this changed? It cost zero dollars to program a transponder key last time I did (20ish years ago), since the instructions for doing so were in the car manual. It was some weird dance where you need two already-programmed keys and turn them in the ignition to specific positions in a specific order.
- bombcar 3y agoThe problem is you are usually wanting to program a key when you’ve already lost one.
- housemusicfan 3y agoYes. Some cars (notably Hondas) do not let you self-program keys; rather it must be done with a scan tool. The era of push-button start has ushered in crazy-expensive key fobs. As the other poster pointed out, vehicles that do allow self-programming generally require two known keys present to program a third. Most people don't realize this until they've lost one of the two OEM keys.