2005 Toyota Prius
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2005 Toyota Prius Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Got a text from a guy in East Simi Valley. He was parked off one of the access roads near the hills, out past where the neighborhood quiets down, and his only fob for his 2005 Prius was gone. Not dead. Gone. He had checked the car twice and his pockets three times. It was just not there anymore.

No spare. No dealer within easy reach. And because this generation of Prius has no ignition cylinder, there was nothing to pick, nothing to bypass manually. The car was parked until someone with the right equipment showed up.

He sent me his pin. I loaded up the van and drove out.

The job on an all-keys-lost situation like this one takes longer than a simple fob replacement. I have to read the immobilizer data directly from the vehicle before any new key can be registered to it, and the 2005 Prius stores that data in a way that requires the right interface tool and the right process. I worked through it on-site, in the parking area where he had left the car, with no shop, no lift, nothing but what was in my van.

By the time the new fob was registered and the start button was doing what it was supposed to do, he had been standing in the shade watching for about forty-five minutes. He was not expecting it to happen that fast. He asked how much it would have been at the dealer, not because he was keeping score, just genuinely curious. I told him to call and ask. He laughed and said he would not bother.

The car left under its own power. That is the whole point.

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