2008 Toyota RAV4
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2008 Toyota RAV4
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Over near St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, a guy flagged me down in the parking area by the library. He had a 2008 RAV4 that wouldn't stay running. Engine cranked, caught for about two seconds, then the immobilizer killed fuel. Classic symptom.
He told me he already paid another locksmith to cut and program a key. That tech told him his immobilizer control box (part 89780-42080) was bad and left.
The box was fine. What happened was the other tech didn't finish Toyota's registration sequence. The 4D-67 system on these third-gen RAV4s requires a seed/key security calculation and a timed countdown during registration. If you rush it or skip the final write step, the transponder code stores temporarily but never commits to the 93C56 EEPROM. Next power cycle, the immo box doesn't recognize the key and cuts fuel.
I used my TOY43 Lishi to verify the blade cuts were good. Connected my IM608 through OBD-II, cleared the failed registration, and ran a clean immobilizer reset with the full security handshake. Waited out the timer. Confirmed the 4D-67 chip was permanently written to the module.
He turned the key. Engine ran clean, no two-second cutoff.
I showed him the IM608 screen with the key ID stored and committed. That screen is the proof the job is done, not just attempted. He'd already lost money on the first guy. What I could do was get it right this time.
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