2016 Toyota Prius
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2016 Toyota Prius Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional
I got a call from a guy in the Home Depot parking lot off El Cajon Boulevard near North Park. He had his 2016 Prius, his lunch break, and a conviction that he was going to have to schedule a dealer appointment, pay well over what he wanted to spend, and wait a week for a second key.
He'd lost one of his two fobs somewhere, and when he searched the forums to figure out if a mobile locksmith could handle it, he found a thread from years back telling him that Toyota's system required dealer-only tools. That post was old enough to be wrong, but it's the kind of thing that sticks.
I pulled up while he was still in the parking lot. The 2016 Prius uses a smart key system that I program through the OBD port under the dash. The fob he needed is a four-button unit, and the process involves registering the new fob's transponder data to the vehicle's immobilizer through a diagnostic connection. No dealer bay, no lift, no subscription software.
I walked him through what I was doing as I did it. He watched the whole thing from outside the driver window. New fob registered, existing fob confirmed still active, door handles tested, start button tested. Everything working before I closed my laptop.
He mentioned the dealer had quoted him an appointment the following Tuesday and a price he wasn't happy about. I was done before he finished his lunch. He saved a good chunk, and his car never left the parking spot.
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