I did the same thing for my 2003 T & C. I am not in town so am
working from memory, but you don't need the dealer to program the key
on the T & C. You do need a good remote in order to program other
remotes, but if you have that remote you don't need the dealer for
that either. My owner's manual had a procedure in it.
The keys and remotes I bought on ebay came with instructions and cost
less than $100 total.
Bill Huff
At 9/27/200801:49 AM, Ray Jones wrote:
Check on eBay for the key.
It's a security key with a chip in it. I had the same problem when I
bought our T&C, she only had one key. I got 2 keys (make sure
they're uncut!) for $25 or so each. You may have to watch a while,
but there are several people who sell these keys all the time. Check
their stores also. I also got a "Street" key for $15. This has no
chip. It will open the car and start it, but the car cuts off after
5 seconds or so. I hid the street key in a magnetic key holder on
the frame and had my dealer programed one of the chip keys to the
car. He charged me $25.
I programed the other key and hid that one in the car. That way if I
lose my key, I can get into the car and get the other one to start it.
If you have 2 keys then you can program as many as you want. Only
one key and the dealer has to use his magic box. That's to keep
someone from borrowing your car/key and then programming another key
to steal it later.
Ray
On Sep 27, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Mark H wrote:
When I bought an '03 Neon recently, it only came with one key and a
nonfunctioning door remote. I went to the dealer to see about
making an extra key and replacing the remote: key = $138, remote
fob = $138 more!! No way!
But I can find a functional remote fob elsewhere (junkyard or ebay)
and pay the dealer $50 to reprogram it to my car . . .what a deal :(
Mark mjh
'57 Fury in OR
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