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Getting a New car key

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  • 08-12-2008 3:00pm
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    WHIP IT!
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    Lost my car keys over the weekend (Toyota), I have the Master key. Where's the best place to get a new key cut, will any Toyota garage do it and what kind of money am I looking at?

    Thanks alot


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    Pat Mustard
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    You will have to go to a Toyota main dealer because of the electronics in the key. An ordinary key will cost about €50ish I think I remember. It costs more for a key with the remote locking/unlocking facility.


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    B*llox...

    Turns out I DON'T actually have the master key. I have a grey key which I always thought was the "master" and hence have been keeping it in a safe place since I bought the car!

    It has a kind of label attached to it with a six-digit code. What's that for?


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    Pat Mustard
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    No idea, but sure you should be able to ask the lads in the Toyota dealer parts department those specific questions.


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    maidhc
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    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    B*llox...

    Turns out I DON'T actually have the master key. I have a grey key which I always thought was the "master" and hence have been keeping it in a safe place since I bought the car!

    It has a kind of label attached to it with a six-digit code. What's that for?

    Toyotas don't have a master key. The label is most likely a code to allow the new key be cut from a machine.

    Eitherway the car was supplied new with 2x keys and the grey one which doesn't open the boot.


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    maidhc wrote: »
    Toyotas don't have a master key. The label is most likely a code to allow the new key be cut from a machine.

    Eitherway the car was supplied new with 2x keys and the grey one which doesn't open the boot.

    Correct, I think I lost one of the black ones while moving house and have now lost the second black one this weekend. The guy in the Toyota garage told me he could cut me a key but can't "programme" it to work (ie, start the car!)??


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    Pat Mustard
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    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    Correct, I think I lost one of the black ones while moving house and have now lost the second black one this weekend. The guy in the Toyota garage told me he could cut me a key but can't "programme" it to work (ie, start the car!)??

    Doesn't sound so good... Sounds like he is saying that he can't programme the key to deactivate the immobiliser in the car. I was told that most post 1997 Toyotas have immobilisers as standard, so I am assuming there is one in your car?

    I think you can still get a 'programmed' key, but it sounds like it is going to be more time and money. Nothing you can do about it - except you might as well get two keys this time.


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