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Toyota key

  • 22-09-2020 7:16pm
    #1
    Gorteen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭


    Buying a 2012 Toyota Auris car and the owner only has one key. Is it expensive to get a new key with remote locking button?


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  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Start by checking with a Toyota dealer so you have a price to compare with.
    Then check with places like Autokey.ie etc


  • #3
    walshtipp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭walshtipp


    I got a key without buttons for my 2008 Auris a while back, it was €100. From memory they wanted €170 for remote key.


  • #4
    sumo12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭sumo12


    Gorteen wrote: »
    Buying a 2012 Toyota Auris car and the owner only has one key. Is it expensive to get a new key with remote locking button?

    Is it a key type key or a little square box i.e keyless?

    Key type, most key providers can make for you. If it's keyless, it has to be got from a dealer (well up to a couple of years ago anyway) and they are €300-€350 IIRC


  • #5
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    So you get a new spare key cut (and maybe get some money off the price).

    What happens if someone shady has the missing key?


  • #6
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    So you get a new spare key cut (and maybe get some money off the price).

    What happens if someone shady has the missing key?

    Its very rare thats ever the case. Even my folks who've had their car from new have no idea where the second key is.


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  • #7
    sumo12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭sumo12


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    So you get a new spare key cut (and maybe get some money off the price).

    What happens if someone shady has the missing key?

    When I was working in a dealership we would always delete the missing key from the car memory and then code the new key for this reason. Generally, the key is properly missing though, so this doesn't arise!


  • #8
    Vic_08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭Vic_08


    It is more unusual to get a second hand car with all it's keys than just one ratty key.

    I don't understand why people can't keep the spares safe, considering how much hassle it causes if you loose one but that seems to be a thing with a significant % of the population.


  • #9
    mikeecho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,267 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    Vic_08 wrote: »
    It is more unusual to get a second hand car with all it's keys than just one ratty key.

    I don't understand why people can't keep the spares safe, considering how much hassle it causes if you loose one but that seems to be a thing with a significant % of the population.

    I know people that just have a single key for their car or van.
    I couldn't live with the anxiety of not having a spare key.

    I'm currently using my spare.. the little one has hidden my other key ( I'm blaming the little one . It's probably me that's put it somewhere stupid)


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