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Lost car keys - dealer or locksmith?

  • 13-03-2007 9:53am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭


    I lost my car keys for a 97 Toyota corolla which is just an ordinary key with no chip or remote. I've one door left open. Where can replacement keys be gotten from? Would a locksmith able to cut a key for the ignition just based on having access to the door?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    A good locksmith should be able to cut a key from a lock. Try Crothers in Walkinstown. www.crothers.ie - it's worth asking them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Mr.Diagnostic


    Hi,

    A 97 Irish Corolla does have an immobiliser and i am pretty sure an import would too. Even if it is the very last of the old shape I think it does. If it is the first of the new shape it certainly has. The model changed in 97. The chip is built into the head of the key.

    A dealer can supply a key number which will allow a locksmith to cut a key which will work in the locks as long as they are origional. If you do not have an immob then you are sorted. A locksmith cannot supply a working transponder key. The dealer cannot either. The dealer will try and sell you a new ECU, keys etc. approx cost €1300. There are a number of options. The immob can be bypassed so the car will start with the key cut from the locksmith or you can source a second hand set of keys, ECU etc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    You can buy plenty of transponder keys for Toyotas on Ebay, They can be coded yourself , usually it takes a combination of turning the ignition on and off a number of times and then opening and closing the drivers door.
    However some models are different and need another sequence to code the key.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,043 ✭✭✭Wossack


    CJhaughey wrote:
    You can buy plenty of transponder keys for Toyotas on Ebay, They can be coded yourself , usually it takes a combination of turning the ignition on and off a number of times and then opening and closing the drivers door.
    However some models are different and need another sequence to code the key.

    Thats worrying... :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭Old_-_School


    Thanks for replies.
    In the end I rang a main dealer with reg. no. of car. They said they had no blank keys left so they just gave me 5 digit model number and told me to go to a key cutter who was able to make it for me. It cost €10 as it didn't include a chip because car doesn't have an immobiliser. It made me realise that I could have just been in a car park, spotted an old corolla, rang up with the reg. no. for the model number of the key, gone to a nearby keysmith and driven off with the car all within 10 minutes!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,066 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    It made me realise that I could have just been in a car park, spotted an old corolla, rang up with the reg. no. for the model number of the key, gone to a nearby keysmith and driven off with the car all within 10 minutes!

    Then the owner would have been in the market for another Toyota! :D Please don't mention the name of the dealer who helped you. :eek:

    Not your ornery onager



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    dealer will usually ask for proof of ownership


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