Dont get ripped off

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abbershay

Membership Revoked
i rencently found out about a young girl in minneapolis . She wasnt from there and she couldnt get her new to her car to start.
She had the thing towed to a dealer and they informed her it would be $1700.00 to fix her car..

She was very upset and called her dad. He called the dealer who they had purchased the car from.. after a little while he he called and asked if she had recently had an extra set of keys made.. she replied yes. He told her to put the original key in and it started right up.

Some of these newer cars have chips in the keys and without that chip the car will not run..

The rip off is , it is obvious the dealer knew there was nothing wrogn with the car and they were going to pocket the 1700.....
 
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Bigbng

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My car has one of those "chips" in the ignition key. I wanted to get a spare one meade to put in my wallet, but the guy working the local harware store said it wouldn't work, and I would have to get one from the dealer. (Dealer cost is $60.00), so I will wait until I get locked out and call the free roadside assitance if necessary before I drop 60$ for a spare key. I am goinf to try and get one made anyway, I mean I only have to get in, if I've alreaqdy locked my keys in the car right? (Already happened, when I opened the passenger door to start the car, and as soon as I closed the door and heard it lock, I knew I messed up. Luckily, my wife had her remote with her, which I opened the door with. )
 
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OddOne

< Yes, I do look like that.
Most of these are using RFID capsules embedded into the plastic handle portion of the key. The corresponding transceiver is a small box in or near the lock cylinder.

If you have more than one RFID device on your keychain, it can also confuse this transceiver. For example, having two keys for the same RFID-keyed car on the same ring can render the car inoperative, as the transceiver asks for an ID code and gets back TWO of them that are garbling each other in the process.

My father (who owns an auto repair shop and has an obscene amount of qualifications and accolades to his credit) has discussed the two-keys-on-one-ring thing with his customers - from personal experience. He's also seen a quick-pay fob for a gas station cause the same problem when kept on the same ring as the RFID-tagged key.


In case the RFID part has you spooked, these ones only have a usable range of about a foot.

oO
 
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DARKSTAR

Contributing Member
BigNg , You dont need to have a chip key to unlock the doors, as long as it is cut for your car it will open the doors.
 
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Bigbng

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That's kind of what I thought Darkstar,
I had the guy at the counter cut the blank (no RFID) that I gave him.
0.99$ and I don't have to worry about locking my keys in the car anymore....:)
 
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north runner

Inactive
I want to see the look on people's faces when the first Emp burst puts them on foot for what's left of their short miserable lives.

But they were asking for it.....duh

computers electronics codes chips :kk2:
 
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