Redback posted:

No you don't, we have a Camry and the replacement key remote is $38.00 and you program it yourself our Camry has a slot in the glovebox for this purpose and also you can reprogram it to silent or beeps.

Ours is a 97 wide body Vienta.

Mate go to your local Toyota dealer and ask him, you'll be surprised.

Baz.

geocacher (djcache) posted:

Stretching the memory now. My camry was about the same era as that but maybe I have my company cars mixed up. I had a few through the 90's. None of the bosses would let me have a fourby so I don't miss them. The fuel card was handy though.

I remember the slot in the glove box cos I turned the beeping off when you armed it. At least the key fobs are reasonably priced from what you say. I hope he's as lucky with the Playdough key.

The dealer probably programmed it for me and I assumed that was how it had to be done. Had to be done with a Tech 2 (now 3 I think) on the Commodore/Statesman. I didn't care enough to ask. While I was sitting in the dealership with a coffee waiting I wasn't out seeing customers.

Glad I don't work in sales any more. It wasn't my cup of tea.

Dave

Redback posted:

I asked about a replacement for the Rover!!!!!!!!!! e'gad

As you said hope he has luck with the Prado

Baz.

geocacher (djcache) posted:

I remember Holden investigating a problem back in VP or VR days with cars that did very strange things in the Black Mountain Tower Carpark in ACT.

The more complex we make them the harder the problems to sort out!

The day will come (already has on some vehicles) when the mechanical bit of the key is no longer issued. AC Delco from the US predicted at GMH in the auditorium in the early '90s that cars wouldn't have keys by 1996 or so. Obviously customers still want keys cos it would save a fair bit of money not to have to fit lock and issue keys. (Ford cost cutting deleted the passenger side lock many years ago.) A key has a fairly finite and limited number of mechanical combinations and is fixed to one of them, and with wear and tear eventually the barrel on many locks will fit more than one of them. The electronic keys have a not quite but nearly infinite number and each fob is not only different but in many cases now each time you use the fob the combination is different to last time - and last times combination is no longer useable in an attempt to foil theives with scanners.

As for minimum voltage, yes there is but it will differ between vehicles. As long as we still have them the backup system is the key. Turn it and vehicle opens - even if only one door. Jump start the car and it charges - hopefully. Back in business.

I don't know what you do on a Merc or a Maxima (i think) with no "key".

Does anyone else know? I'm curious.

Dave

Dave

Member - Jeff M (WA) posted:

I went for a sail on a cat in Busselton with a mate. We got some rope tangled in one of the deep sea rudders so I jumped in the sea had a swim around and sorted out the problem, got back on the boat and realised I still had the imobiliser and car keys in my shorts pocket! :-(
3 hours later, the keys had dried out, car unlocked and started. Amazing...

Of course later that night it packed it in, but we were back at camp and we had access to the spare keys.

I unlocked the car with my spares (to disarm the alarm etc), grabed the CRC out opened the remote up and gave it a good spray, closed it up and it's the remote in my pocket right now, still works! (this happened in januray this year).

Member - bushfix posted:

...as per my post above..:)

Member - Nick K (VIC) posted:

Sorry Bushy did not see the link. I also pointed Jason to the Yahho Prado group totaly forgot about Lcool.

Nick

Member - Nick K (VIC) posted:

Jason,

Dont mention it. Thats what we are here for.

Regards

Nick