"Deprogram" a PATS key and FOB?
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"Deprogram" a PATS key and FOB?
A couple of weeks ago, my wife was moving our cars around for the snow plow folks who do the driveways in our subdivision. She dropped her keys somewhere in the snow and I figured that I'd be spending the money for a new key and remote. No problem there.
A few days later, one of the young guys who shovels the sidewalks up by the houses asked us if we had lost some keys. We were very excited and told him yes; he said he'd bring them by the next day. My wife gave him a nice reward and we thought all was good.
Well, tonight I found the keys in my mailbox. They're all there EXCEPT for the key and remote for my Expy. I'm concerned that he (or one of his less wholesome coworkers) now has the key for my truck and knows where it lives.
My question is this: when I take it to the dealer and cough up $150 for a new key and remote FOB, can I make sure they deprogram the one that's missing? I'd just love for whatever lowlife who's expecting a free Expedition to find that the remote doesn't work and they key won't start the vehicle!
Thanks for your answers.
A few days later, one of the young guys who shovels the sidewalks up by the houses asked us if we had lost some keys. We were very excited and told him yes; he said he'd bring them by the next day. My wife gave him a nice reward and we thought all was good.
Well, tonight I found the keys in my mailbox. They're all there EXCEPT for the key and remote for my Expy. I'm concerned that he (or one of his less wholesome coworkers) now has the key for my truck and knows where it lives.
My question is this: when I take it to the dealer and cough up $150 for a new key and remote FOB, can I make sure they deprogram the one that's missing? I'd just love for whatever lowlife who's expecting a free Expedition to find that the remote doesn't work and they key won't start the vehicle!
Thanks for your answers.
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I do know that the dealer or a locksmith can erase all stored keys (not certain about the RKE) and can reprogram any existing keys back into the system.
However, if one of the physical keys are still missing, the vehicle is still vulnerable to physical entry. If you have a garage door opener remote in your truck, your home is also now vulnerable to an easy entry.
To resore your security, you really need the locks changed on both your home and the vehicle assuming that you had house keys on that keychain. A "lowlife" would not have hesitated to duplicate your house keys before returning them.
Steve
However, if one of the physical keys are still missing, the vehicle is still vulnerable to physical entry. If you have a garage door opener remote in your truck, your home is also now vulnerable to an easy entry.
To resore your security, you really need the locks changed on both your home and the vehicle assuming that you had house keys on that keychain. A "lowlife" would not have hesitated to duplicate your house keys before returning them.
Steve
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When you program a new remote fob, you have to reprogram all the remotes. That's because the memory of the existing fobs is erased whenever you reprogram. I *thought* it was the same for the keys.
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Originally Posted by jas88
When you program a new remote fob, you have to reprogram all the remotes. That's because the memory of the existing fobs is erased whenever you reprogram. I *thought* it was the same for the keys.
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