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Hi Everyone -
I've been lurking for quite some time, but this is my first post. My wife's car is an 06 GX470 and an 07 IS350. We love both cars.
The IS has the smart keys, but we only have one. I purchased a used smart wallet card key off of ebay and took it to the dealer to have it programmed. They were unable to program it due to it being previously programmed to another vehicle. Does this make sense? Has anyone else had one of these keys programmed to their vehicle that was previously programmed to another?
The dealer still charged me even though they were unable to program it.
Thanks!
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I've been lurking for quite some time, but this is my first post. My wife's car is an 06 GX470 and an 07 IS350. We love both cars.
The IS has the smart keys, but we only have one. I purchased a used smart wallet card key off of ebay and took it to the dealer to have it programmed. They were unable to program it due to it being previously programmed to another vehicle. Does this make sense? Has anyone else had one of these keys programmed to their vehicle that was previously programmed to another?
The dealer still charged me even though they were unable to program it.
Thanks!
Nathanael
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Hi Everyone -
I've been lurking for quite some time, but this is my first post. My wife's car is an 06 GX470 and an 07 IS350. We love both cars.
The IS has the smart keys, but we only have one. I purchased a used smart wallet card key off of ebay and took it to the dealer to have it programmed. They were unable to program it due to it being previously programmed to another vehicle. Does this make sense? Has anyone else had one of these keys programmed to their vehicle that was previously programmed to another?
The dealer still charged me even though they were unable to program it.
Thanks!
Nathanael
I've been lurking for quite some time, but this is my first post. My wife's car is an 06 GX470 and an 07 IS350. We love both cars.
The IS has the smart keys, but we only have one. I purchased a used smart wallet card key off of ebay and took it to the dealer to have it programmed. They were unable to program it due to it being previously programmed to another vehicle. Does this make sense? Has anyone else had one of these keys programmed to their vehicle that was previously programmed to another?
The dealer still charged me even though they were unable to program it.
Thanks!
Nathanael
Your dealer is an idiot.
It is more work to program with a used key, since you have to wipe the whole system and re-add each key, but it's certainly possible and any dealer should know how to do it.
I'd be returning, explaining this, and insuring they did it free since they already charged me.
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Your dealer is an idiot.
It is more work to program with a used key, since you have to wipe the whole system and re-add each key, but it's certainly possible and any dealer should know how to do it.
I'd be returning, explaining this, and insuring they did it free since they already charged me.
It is more work to program with a used key, since you have to wipe the whole system and re-add each key, but it's certainly possible and any dealer should know how to do it.
I'd be returning, explaining this, and insuring they did it free since they already charged me.
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I suppose it's possible that the master reset process, which lets you program a used smart key, doesn't work with a smart card for some reason... though that would seem a bit weird...I figured the smartcard was the same little circuitboard inside that the smartkey has (you can see it when you change the battery) just in a much thinner case without buttons...
(though if true the dealer sure shouldn't have charged anything, since they couldn't have done anything)
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I don't recall reading that... got a link?
I suppose it's possible that the master reset process, which lets you program a used smart key, doesn't work with a smart card for some reason... though that would seem a bit weird...I figured the smartcard was the same little circuitboard inside that the smartkey has (you can see it when you change the battery) just in a much thinner case without buttons...
(though if true the dealer sure shouldn't have charged anything, since they couldn't have done anything)
I suppose it's possible that the master reset process, which lets you program a used smart key, doesn't work with a smart card for some reason... though that would seem a bit weird...I figured the smartcard was the same little circuitboard inside that the smartkey has (you can see it when you change the battery) just in a much thinner case without buttons...
(though if true the dealer sure shouldn't have charged anything, since they couldn't have done anything)
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/3222640-post78.html
I know it's an old post but I haven't seen anybody confirm that programming a smart card that has been programmed to a different vehicle is possible.
And yes, if the dealer couldn't program it they shouldn't be charging you for the service. I went to 2 different dealers to get mine programmed (before realizing the battery was dead) and neither one charged me.
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Found the answer. You can do that with your regular smartaccess key. Hold the lock and unlock buttons down for several seconds until you hear a beep, and that will toggle the option to unlock all doors when you press unlock.
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I don't recall reading that... got a link?
I suppose it's possible that the master reset process, which lets you program a used smart key, doesn't work with a smart card for some reason... though that would seem a bit weird...I figured the smartcard was the same little circuitboard inside that the smartkey has (you can see it when you change the battery) just in a much thinner case without buttons...
(though if true the dealer sure shouldn't have charged anything, since they couldn't have done anything)
I suppose it's possible that the master reset process, which lets you program a used smart key, doesn't work with a smart card for some reason... though that would seem a bit weird...I figured the smartcard was the same little circuitboard inside that the smartkey has (you can see it when you change the battery) just in a much thinner case without buttons...
(though if true the dealer sure shouldn't have charged anything, since they couldn't have done anything)
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The exact same thing happened to me, I bought a used one from Keyless4u on ebay, took it to the dealer and they said they couldn't program it since it was previously programmed. I called Keyless4u and they said that it was possible as they sell them all the time and haven't had a complaint.
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