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Functioning smart key fob for $4.50
Mrs. D.:
We had a minor win today! A few years ago we bought a used Prius. The owner gave us one working key fob and one broken one. Recently DH and I decided we needed 2 sets so we looked into buying a new smart key fob. Those things are pricey - $500 at the dealership and $250 at a locksmith! We decided to find the old, broken one and replace its button battery for $4.50. Lo and behold, it works to unlock and start the car, even though the fob is in pieces and has to be contained in a plastic bag. It isn't the prettiest solution, but it solves our problem and saves us $245.
cool7hand:
Sweet!
yachi:
Awesome! Any chance you could find an "unprogrammed" one online to use just for the case, and put the functioning guts from your broken one into it?
MilesTeg:
--- Quote from: Mrs. D. on June 09, 2021, 01:48:07 PM ---We had a minor win today! A few years ago we bought a used Prius. The owner gave us one working key fob and one broken one. Recently DH and I decided we needed 2 sets so we looked into buying a new smart key fob. Those things are pricey - $500 at the dealership and $250 at a locksmith! We decided to find the old, broken one and replace its button battery for $4.50. Lo and behold, it works to unlock and start the car, even though the fob is in pieces and has to be contained in a plastic bag. It isn't the prettiest solution, but it solves our problem and saves us $245.
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You can probably buy a knock off version and/or empty shell from amazon for $10 and transfer the guts to make a more practical solution.
Don't every use an amazon knock off's actual internals though.
MainstreamContrarian:
Buying an empty shell from Amazon is good.
Be very careful though that you don’t accidentally throw away the security chip - it could be somewhat hidden in your old key fob. So I would absolutely not throw away any of the old parts until you are 100% sure the new key is working. Ask me how I learned that trick!
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