remote start questions
Elder User
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 968
Likes: 0
From: Greenville, SC
Originally Posted by seeker07
I am not sure how many customers would be ok with me placing their transponder chip at the cylinder so any cut key will work.
my experience most people absolutely hate the expensive keys...big families especially...oil field folks (fleet)..etc....
I spent $12 on my chipped key
where ?
Mainly it all comes down to practicallity...I remember when ford and gm for that matter was using "code alarm" as their "factory alarm system"...what a joke...most of the one's I saw were soldered in and they were still junk...the company I worked for at the time was owned by the people who owned fred jones ford...and we removed the code alarms and replaced they with prestige alarms...all in all it does come back to the installer that we can agree on...but the electronic by-pass' have many issues namely a lot of them lose programming if the battery goes dead...common problem and a big one regarding electronic bypass' IMHO
oh yeah...one thing I forgot to mention is ford used to have a slot in the top of the key to remove the chip...wonder why they got rid of that ?
grins
my experience most people absolutely hate the expensive keys...big families especially...oil field folks (fleet)..etc....
I spent $12 on my chipped key
where ?
Mainly it all comes down to practicallity...I remember when ford and gm for that matter was using "code alarm" as their "factory alarm system"...what a joke...most of the one's I saw were soldered in and they were still junk...the company I worked for at the time was owned by the people who owned fred jones ford...and we removed the code alarms and replaced they with prestige alarms...all in all it does come back to the installer that we can agree on...but the electronic by-pass' have many issues namely a lot of them lose programming if the battery goes dead...common problem and a big one regarding electronic bypass' IMHO
oh yeah...one thing I forgot to mention is ford used to have a slot in the top of the key to remove the chip...wonder why they got rid of that ?
grins
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2004-...spagenameZWDVW
Freshman User
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 32
Likes: 0
[QUOTE=black04lariat]Sorry. It was $15
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2004-2005-2006-2007-Ford-Freestar-F150-F250-Taurus-key_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ40016QQihZ016QQitem Z260168084920QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW[/QUOTE]
even from a dealer the "key" its self isn't that expensive to get as a blank they charge more than say wal-mart to cut it but with the cost of gas and everything I just had mine cut there at the dealer AND the things that gets you into the $80 price range is programming the key to your truck which if you have 2 keys you can do yourself in 5 min or less ... for free I can't remember exactly the cost of the key and cut from the dealer It was more than a buck 39 but keeping the pats system working and having a spare key was worth the +/- 20 that I spent on it.
Any car I get with a vats, pats, or other "chip" type key I always have a 3rd key made as if you have 2 keys there are ways to program the keys to your car without a dealer intervention for $80-$100.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2004-2005-2006-2007-Ford-Freestar-F150-F250-Taurus-key_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ40016QQihZ016QQitem Z260168084920QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW[/QUOTE]
even from a dealer the "key" its self isn't that expensive to get as a blank they charge more than say wal-mart to cut it but with the cost of gas and everything I just had mine cut there at the dealer AND the things that gets you into the $80 price range is programming the key to your truck which if you have 2 keys you can do yourself in 5 min or less ... for free
I can't remember exactly the cost of the key and cut from the dealer It was more than a buck 39 but keeping the pats system working and having a spare key was worth the +/- 20 that I spent on it. Any car I get with a vats, pats, or other "chip" type key I always have a 3rd key made as if you have 2 keys there are ways to program the keys to your car without a dealer intervention for $80-$100.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Soccer85
2007 - 2014 Expedition & Navigator
13
Nov 30, 2022 07:12 PM
