computer chip car keys

[aczlan]

I asked a locksmith if he could make me a spare for my dodge. He said he could only make it to unlock the door .I would have to get 1 from dodge dealer for ignition .Dodge dealer wanted $100.00 for key $100.00 to program. I have 2 just wanted xtra. At that price .I still only have 2

What year/model do you have? I have programmed keys for a 2002 and 2006 Caravan by doing the following:
1. Get a transponder key ($15 on eBay)
2. Have it cut ($5)
3. Program it with the other two keys: http://aftermarket.strattec.com/docs/On Board Programming/On Board Programming 6.pdf
That should work for ANY 1998+ Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep with a metal transponder key and may work for the fob only ones.

Note: No endorsement of this seller, key or key maker is intended, they just came up when I searched for a transponder key in ebay and that is the procedure I followed.

Aaron Z

 

[kenmac]

2007 ram. Didn't see that 1 on the chart

 

[aczlan]

2007 ram. Didn't see that 1 on the chart

Try: 1 CAR AUTO TRNSPONDER CHIP RFID PATS IMMOBILIZER KEY | eBay or (I think this is the one that I got for the 2006 Caravan): CHRYSLER DODGE TRANSPONDER CHIP UNCUT IGNITION KEY 700 | eBay

Aaron Z

 

[tommu56]

You may be able to zip tie the existing transponder key under the dash onto the harness close to the receiver and then use a plain key to start it.

Some times that works sometimes it doesn't depends on the range of chip/receiver. On GM's a bypass is available from Jegs or Summit dont know on Ford.

Now keep in mind that will keep the transponder computer awake and will add to parasitic drain on battery so if its sitting at the farm a long time w/o being started it may drain the battery just a heads up.

A friend of mine broke his key (the metal part) we super glued the transponder under the column and he uses a regular key

 

[jwstewar]

I broke my key to our Honda this past winter. Used my wifes key and had another regular one made at Home Depot. Held the broken key up to the ignition switch and started the car in the Home Depot parking lot and drove home. Haven't been able to get it to work again the car will just go into crank mode, no matter what I try I can't the broken key in the right position to start the car. Right now we only have 1 key. Incidentitally, this car as an aftermarket Viper Remote Car starter on it, so it must be bypassing the keycode some how....maybe I should try the remote start and then the key w/o the chip.....

 

[Car Doc]

Chips are a pita I deal with them on no starts all the time or more than I want to put it that way.

Once I get a crank/wont start car in the first place 9 out of 10 times I have to diagnose is the theft/key id system and on most if it needs repaired its a trip to the dealer for them not much I can do.

The key id technology for independents to own and operate is horrendously expensive and requires all sorts of licenses and background checks and bonding its about as bad as a class 2 firearms license or worse thats why nobody will mess with them but dealers that have to have it.

 

[JDgreen227]

Chips are a pita I deal with them on no starts all the time or more than I want to put it that way.

Once I get a crank/wont start car in the first place 9 out of 10 times I have to diagnose is the theft/key id system and on most if it needs repaired its a trip to the dealer for them not much I can do.

The key id technology for independents to own and operate is horrendously expensive and requires all sorts of licenses and background checks and bonding its about as bad as a class 2 firearms license or worse thats why nobody will mess with them but dealers that have to have it.

In my post #7 I made an observation about the headache CCCK's are...but for what it is worth, I used to be very careless with my keys, was always misplacing or losing them, well now I am a lot more careful because it costs so much for replacments.

 

[2manyrocks]

I bought a 2004 Mazda truck not realizing it had these chips in the keys. Turns out my local Ford dealer could cut the key because it's a Ford system.

IMO, it's a costly and useless system. I'd pay more for a vehicle without it.

 

[Bird]

Makes no difference what they cost. I'd get a second key made because if you only have one and lose that one, it'll cost a lot more, as one of my daughters and her husband learned. I've never lost a key, but I figure if I only had one, I'd probably lose it.:laughing:

 

[JDgreen227]

I bought a 2004 Mazda truck not realizing it had these chips in the keys. Turns out my local Ford dealer could cut the key because it's a Ford system.

IMO, it's a costly and useless system. I'd pay more for a vehicle without it.

IMO, we are paying more for vehicles WITH a lot of extra electronic gizmos and gimcracks built in that we don't really want, or need. My '04 Lesabre keeps giving me a message that reads "Service Stability System". I drive it less than a thousand miles a year and am such a conservative driver I will NEVER need the stability system in the first place. My Y2K GMC has the Autoride system (computer controlled shock damping) and for the last six years now the bleeping "Service Ride Control" light has stayed lit. It's a truck, it rides like a truck, the stupid Autoride is just more gimmickry most people would end up having a dealership fix at $100 an hour for labor. I know a GMC salesman and he got me a copy of the TSB to diagnose the Autoride System. It's about a dozen pages long....