Key Hole

[Nodd]

Okay this is a disaster waiting to happen. I'm going to lose my key for sure...

So being the cheep bugger that I am, instead of heading to the dealer & getting a new key, I figure maybe I'll try drilling a hole in it so I can securely attach it to my key chain again. Question is, do 1995 4Runner keys have any computer chips or other anti theft devices embedded in the key that I need worry about? I'm guessing not but want to be sure before I start drilling.

 

[ChoochCharlie]

No chip. Drill away.

BTW, mine did the same thing. That key is now my ashtray key, and I carry the metal one on my ring.
Reminds me. I need to hide a key on the frame...

 

[the_dingman]

Go to the hardware store and spend $1.89 on a new key. Problem solved.

if you want a Toyota logo blank, they're on ebay for a few bucks.

 

[fourwd1]

If your ignition switch is as worn as that key is, you can stick anything in there and it'd probably work.

And yeah, just try the local hardware store first.

 

[K.C.]

Go to the hardware store and spend $1.89 on a new key. Problem solved.

if you want a Toyota logo blank, they're on ebay for a few bucks.

:iagree:

And/or you can probably JB Weld that key as well.

 

[T?@\7]

If your ignition switch is as worn as that key is, you can stick anything in there and it'd probably work.

really? Man, mine is wayyy worse! the toyota logo is worn OFF and the key itself is WORN with the second underlying metal mostly showing.....
i can get a pic shortly if you wanna see it

 

[ChoochCharlie]

Pics of ANYTHING 4runner is cool

 

[Nodd]

Thanks everyone for the advice. I followed the_dingman's & had two new keys made up at the hardware store for $6. For whatever reason I thought they only did household keys. I guess not. Anyway I'm good to go now. Thanks again.

 

[ChoochCharlie]

Live and learn.
My first key, for my mom's Mazda back in 1988, was at the local hardware store.
Paid, and went out to try it. No go. Then I put the original in and it won't work. Now I'm thinking the new key screwed up the switch. I went back in and told the old guy who made it for me.
He was kinda gruff, and stormed out to my car, tells me to get in and try the new key, so I do. Nothin'.
So he reaches in the window and jiggles the steering wheel and says try again.
This time he smiled when it worked and told me, "lesson learned."

 

[Nodd]

I had a similar life lesson when I was a teen. Made my poor father drive 20 miles to rescue me with the spare key. Mine had mysteriously stopped working all of a sudden. When he arrived the first thing he did was jiggle the steering wheel which unbound the steering lock & presto my key turned. Sorry Dad.