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Old 10-04-2011, 02:13 AM #1
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Talking How to make spare chipped keys

I recently came across this and did my research both on here and on various other forums.
Some said that it has to be programmed by a dealer/locksmith and some said that only the keys with a small dot near the end of the key blade works. Some also mentioned that walmart/home depot would cut the key.

However most of those information might not be the truth based on my experience. I'm willing to provide a small guide on this for those in need.

How to get a key blank

I bought the key blank from a seller on Amazon and there was no small dot on the key blade at all but it works.Those found on ebay might also work.
So just buy the cheapest one which says "for 03-09 4runner"
Should be less than 20 bucks shipped.

How to cut

I at first went to walmart but they refused to cut it because I didn't buy the key blank from them. Home depot and lowe's did the same thing.
So I asked a local locksmith and he did it for just 5 bucks. (just FYI those keys are made of brass, not steel, so most locksmiths would be able to cut them.)

How to program

Actually it's a super easy if you still have one master key that can start your 4runner. There was a pdf somewhere about how to do it on a Prado but
its not very clear(it would ask you to remove the key from ignition 3 times without mentioning putting it back in at all) so I'll try to provide a clearer one here:

1. Take the new key and one master key that can start your 4runner(old key) into the 4runner with you and close the driver's door.(immobilizer light should be blinking)

2. Insert old key, remove old key, Insert old key, remove old key,
Insert old key, remove old key, Insert old key, remove old key,
Insert old key (immobilizer light should be off from the first insertion)

3. open and close driver's door six times (immobilizer light should be off)
Step 2 and 3 need to be done in less than 35 seconds(pdf says 35 seconds)

4.remove the old key. (immobilizer light should come on(steady on, not blinking))

5. insert the new key(immobilizer light should be blinking)

Then just sit there and wait, after about one minute the blinking immobilizer light should go off and you're done.

Whole process need to be repeated for any additional keys, the just programmed key could be used as the "old key" for the additional keys.

If there are 5 master keys registered with the immobilizer, it won't accept any more(and I don't know how would it tell you this, so just do a erase if you can't get it to work after trying for a few times). You have to erase them using a similar method(bring in just an old key, insert+remove one more time and open+close one more time, after the 7th close of the driver's door the immobilizer light will stay lighted for one second, remove the old key quickly after that and all but that one you just removed are erased.)

If you don't have any working master key(meaning you only have valet keys). Then I've no idea what could you do other than ask for help from a dealership.

Total cost is less than $25 if you still have at least 1 working master key. Less than 1/5 of what my local dealership wants.

Hope this would be useful for those in need, please post your results if you decided to give this a try.

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Does it have to be the master key? if so im going to put my master in a safe place and use the back up! nice write up!
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Nice write up. I bookmarked this in case I ever need another Master key. My other master and subkey from the dealer have never been used (in my safe) so who knows if I will ever need it! lol.

I believe the dot on the metal of the keys by the base of the rubber are on Toyota OEM keys only. I don't believe aftermarket keys have this dot. With some of my other Toyotas I had the dealer cut the key from the VIN so that it was a true original and not a copy. Mine dealer did this for free with blanks I purchased on eBay.
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Your write-up is a week late for me, unfortunately. But I have some information that may be useful to others. I bought two chipped blanks on ebay for $8.79 ea with shipping, and they both worked. Seller is yourkeylessremote and this is the current auction that I bought from:
TOYOTA TRANSPONDER CHIP IGNITION KEY 05 06 07 08 09 | eBay
They are likely Chinese knockoffs, but I don't care -- they work. There is no dot on the blanks like OEM keys, but they worked perfectly once cut and programmed, so all is well.

Since I didn't know the self-method to program them, I took them to a locksmith, and he used an electronic device that he plugged in below the dash of my 2008 runner and programmed them one at a time. He charged me $48.50 to program two of them. He said his electronic device, which he can use for pretty much all makes of vehicles, cost him $4700.

BTW, I priced local Toyota stealers on programming the two blanks I had, and they wanted a lot more than $48 to program and cut the two keys!! None of them offered to do it for anything approaching "free". That's why I used a local locksmith.

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Does it have to be the master key? if so im going to put my master in a safe place and use the back up! nice write up!
All the black ones(those that can lock/unlock your glove box) are master keys and the later bought back ups registered by dealership/locksmith or by this method are also master keys.

So as long as you still have one of them, you're safe.
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Nice write up. I bookmarked this in case I ever need another Master key. My other master and subkey from the dealer have never been used (in my safe) so who knows if I will ever need it! lol.

I believe the dot on the metal of the keys by the base of the rubber are on Toyota OEM keys only. I don't believe aftermarket keys have this dot. With some of my other Toyotas I had the dealer cut the key from the VIN so that it was a true original and not a copy. Mine dealer did this for free with blanks I purchased on eBay.
Thanks for the info and yes the one I got from Amazon doesn't look like an OEM one.
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Where did you find this? I looked and everyplace I saw said that a new key could only be registered with the car via the dealer and a computer hook up.


What years is this applicable? I am just amazed.
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Where did you find this? I looked and everyplace I saw said that a new key could only be registered with the car via the dealer and a computer hook up.


What years is this applicable? I am just amazed.
I believe that there was a thread about this but this solution is only posted as an attachment in a reply. And yes you can hook up a "computer" to do the registration as well.

It worked flawlessly on my 03 and I've heard that it also worked on 04 and 08. So pretty much the whole 4gen shares this(might even work for GX470).
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Your write-up is a week late for me, unfortunately. But I have some information that may be useful to others. I bought two chipped blanks on ebay for $8.79 ea with shipping, and they both worked. Seller is yourkeylessremote and this is the current auction that I bought from:
TOYOTA TRANSPONDER CHIP IGNITION KEY 05 06 07 08 09 | eBay
They are likely Chinese knockoffs, but I don't care -- they work. There is no dot on the blanks like OEM keys, but they worked perfectly once cut and programmed, so all is well.

Since I didn't know the self-method to program them, I took them to a locksmith, and he used an electronic device that he plugged in below the dash of my 2008 runner and programmed them one at a time. He charged me $48.50 to program two of them. He said his electronic device, which he can use for pretty much all makes of vehicles, cost him $4700.

BTW, I priced local Toyota stealers on programming the two blanks I had, and they wanted a lot more than $48 to program and cut the two keys!! None of them offered to do it for anything approaching "free". That's why I used a local locksmith.
Sorry for the delay and thanks a lot for sharing the ebay store.
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I believe that there was a thread about this but this solution is only posted as an attachment in a reply. And yes you can hook up a "computer" to do the registration as well.

It worked flawlessly on my 03 and I've heard that it also worked on 04 and 08. So pretty much the whole 4gen shares this(might even work for GX470).
Here's the original thread and pdfs .

Post #10 has the pdfs:

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Thanks nicolachel for the detailed write up. I bought my T4R used with only one master key + clicker and have been needing to find an affordable spare!
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I want to confirm that this does work and is as easy as listed.

This needs to be pinned. I bought the key off ebay for 9 dollars, had my local hardware store cut the key for 1.25 and was able to program the car to it myself in 2 minutes.

The dealership. Well, they wanted 50 bucks for the KEY alone... never mind the intense LABOR costs to walk to the car and pair it.

Ripoff.
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Very cool
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Just did 2 spares worked like a charm
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Great info. Key ordered from Amazon, I'll check back when it's all done.
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