"Chips" Ignition Keys Available!

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The ad shown appeared in the St. Louis newspaper. Evidently, astute locksmiths will be acquiring the gear needed to duplicate "PATS" keys, and probably even re-code PCMs. Hopefully, this competition with Dealerships will come at a lower cost..............imp

 

[01EXP5.0]

I've seen that several times and always near larger cities. The last quote I rec'd was $60 for 1 key which is still too expensive for a key imo.

 

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I've seen that several times and always near larger cities. The last quote I rec'd was $60 for 1 key which is still too expensive for a key imo.

Of course, you're right there......but consider the poop on these keys now: you get 2 with the vehicle when it's new. If you lose 1, you CAN'T program any new ones yourself (must have BOTH to do that). Take the 1 you have left to Ford, I hear they charge a couple hundred bucks to duplicate........if that's true, the locksmith is still the better way to go.

Now if BOTH keys get lost, busted, whatever, we really got ourselves over a barrel............imp

 

[techieman33]

locksmiths have been able to do that for a couple of years now.

 

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Of course, you're right there......but consider the poop on these keys now: you get 2 with the vehicle when it's new. If you lose 1, you CAN'T program any new ones yourself (must have BOTH to do that). Take the 1 you have left to Ford, I hear they charge a couple hundred bucks to duplicate........if that's true, the locksmith is still the better way to go.

Now if BOTH keys get lost, busted, whatever, we really got ourselves over a barrel............imp

You're right I never thought about it that way I had friends at the dealership and they were willing to make me a key for $60. I really didn't realize how great of a deal they gave me untill now. Plus we didn't have any locksmiths that could do this within a hundred mile radius of where I used to live.