Just checking to make sure. Gonna get remote start installed and they told me I need the bypass for a chipped key. Didn't think it had one.

 

If your key is gray then yes it has the oem immobilizer system and it will need a bypass module for the remote start. No interface is needed if you have a black key. Some Dakota's have the immobilizer and some do not.

Jimmy

 

Cool. I have a black key and you can pretty much tell that it's just a block of metal in there and no chip. Tried to tell him that but his computer just shows that it needs it. Mine is an SXT model so it doesn't have a lot of features, most places don't show an SXT model though so I've become used to mistakes.

 

when i had a key made they told me i needed a chip key but mine is black .so my 2004 does not need the chip key

 

Called my local dealer and gave them my VIN just to make sure. Mine doesn't have it and he said basically the same thing, Gray has it Black doesn't. He said it wasn't always like that so really depends on the year, but for the most part that is what you can go by.

 

I have the grey key and they wanted over $100 for an extra.

Ouch.

 

A lot of hardware stores can make chip keys now, like Ace or something. No real reason to go to the dealer, unless you have nobody else around that can make them.

 

just so you all know the chip only activates the module by megnetic which caused the mod to use a set resistance. if you get a ohm meter and find the resistance you can by pass the whole thing by putting in a resister off a 12v feed anyway. or get a magnet and glue it to the bottom of the ingiton casing

 

Not sure on that. I took my gray key off my ring and my magnetometer is only showing about 1 micro-tesla of magnetivity change with key near/away from it, 47 uT to 48uT and back again. Not enough to even trigger a reed switch.

 

Seems like car thieves would've figured that out if it was that easy to fool.