Losing your key fob

mcklovin77 said:
Wow 500$, plus labor, wow! Toyota in st Louis only charges 300$ all together. My locksmith is only charging me 350$. Toyota told me it would've been cheaper with a locksmith instead of towing there and if I had to pay uber it would've cost the same. I'm just biting the bullet, it's just money(it comes and goes). No biggy. I've tried calling the hotel now 6 times since yesterday and still no response. I think the fob was stolen out of my room with my Cubs jacket. I never noticed my jacket was missing until I got to my airport terminal. The only thing the hotel front desk does is relay messages and housekeeping never answers the phone. Anyone going to Orlando, beware of red lion hotel if you get something stolen or left behind.
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So we're looking for a guy in a Cubs jacket running around the red Lion pointing a fob at every Toyota in sight, lol[emoji23]
 
mcklovin77 said:
How did you program a new fob? I didn't have a laptop to hook to the truck to reprogram the whole system. If it's just the fob it would've been 10$, but it was the key and fob, different story I think for 2017 and above.
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Mines a second gen. I'm pretty sure the same technology is used for the fob, but they may have thrown more in.
 
mcklovin77 said:
How did you program a new fob? I didn't have a laptop to hook to the truck to reprogram the whole system. If it's just the fob it would've been 10$, but it was the key and fob, different story I think for 2017 and above.
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The fob came with instructions. It's a really weird combination of opening and closing the driver door with sequencial turns of the key in the ignition without starting. Had to laugh because it seemed like some vodo ****.
 
TacoWolfe said:
The fob came with instructions. It's a really weird combination of opening and closing the driver door with sequencial turns of the key in the ignition without starting. Had to laugh because it seemed like some vodo ****.
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I had to do that for 2 new Fobs. I also thought I was being punked! Haha The directions are crazy! I got 2 fobs off eBay for $15 or so.
 
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texasred said:
On my old B4000, I bought a fob on eBay and hung around the M*zda dealer for a couple of hours. Found a tech who programmed it on his lunch hour for $50.
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That's what I'm doing tomarrow, I know a couple of the techs at my Toyota shop, I'm bringing my other fob in tomarrow so they can match it up, I hate being down to one fob.
 
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