2004 Toyota Prius
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2004 Toyota Prius
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2004 Toyota Prius Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional
Your 2004 Toyota Prius uses a Smart Key. Physically it is a plastic fob with 3 buttons on the face, a CR2032 battery inside powering the remote, and either a flip blade or an emergency key slot with a small metal insert for manual door entry. Inside the housing is a transponder chip that the car's immobilizer checks every time you press start or turn the key.
A customer at home in Oceanside had a Prius with a cracked fob. The rubber button pad was worn through and the plastic shell had split along the seam. She took it to the dealer and they quoted $403 for a full replacement. What they did not mention is that the chip and circuit board inside were working fine. She just needed a new shell and fresh buttons.
I met her in her cul-de-sac with replacement shells and my TOY43AT Lishi for decoding. The TOY43AT Lishi fits Toyota's updated keyway variant and reads the lock wafers so I can verify the blade is still cutting correctly before swapping the housing. Her fob, FCC ID MOZB31EG, had the same cracking pattern I see on hundreds of Toyota keys. I moved the electronics into a new shell, tested every button and the start function, and cut a fresh emergency blade.
Her total was $224. The dealer wanted $403 for a full key when all she needed was a shell swap. The guts inside were fine. Sometimes the fix costs a fraction of what the dealer quotes because the expensive parts are not actually broken.
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