That truely sucks, I always keep a chipped key in my car, but its a balnk, and I have a vallet key in my wallet. Just incase I ever lose my keys, I still can get in and drive. The chipped key is also for my autostart, so its nice to have.

Mat

 

well, i went to the dealer and talk to them about it and as if i could change just the physical cut of the key but retain the same transponder code and security since someone had a duplicate of my key without the transponder... but they told me that it's easier to get an remote start alarm with the transponder security. So i ask how to i get the car to start then? he said there's a wire that wraps around a key and and route it to the ignition (sounds like a transponder bypass which is what i have), and then i said what transponder security is there then? he said you still need the key with the transponder to get it to start... so i ask a couple more questions and he said the same thing... so i thought i knew the transponder system pretty well and how it operates... which is the transponder works in a way that you "need" a chip beside the ignition for it to start and not disable the fuel pump... so when you have remote start you need to have the transponder beside it so that when you remote start the transponder system would allow the fuel pump to operate... since you have the bypass someone with a key without the chip can still operate the car since the transponder is bypassed... what what the heck? Or did i miss something?

 

sorry to hear that, honestly... the only real solution for u is to do like I do and park inside a garage. /cheer

 

yeah, but i live in an apartment though... no garage for me.... []

 

its just technology flaws man, it doesn't make sense but the same thing sort of happened to me. My phone was stolen and I had a password on it to where nothing can be activated without it. BUT all the person would have to do is type in the wrong password until the phone locked, then put their sim card in and call the company to get the phone password reset. In other words (phone wise) passwords are useless because
anyone can steal your phone and get into it, even if they don't know the password. Its kind of like with any type of lock, there is a way around it.

i find it funny becausethey say that it is a very small chance that will happen but if i thought of it, who is to say no one else will.

(i asked why one can't register a purchased phone under their name and their name only, so that if it is stolen the serial number can be tracked and the phone deactivated, which seems like comon sense. But if your phone is stolen whether its protected or not, you're screwed)

 

You should check with a couple of dealers. I had to replace a key with the chip in it once and I got two completely different answers from two different dealers, not to mention two different prices!

 

buy yourself a pedal lock... steering wheel lock, and/or a wheel boot.... im considering buying a wheel boot and a pedal lock b/c i park in at the parking deck at my school in Newark NJ... so yea

 

actually i work for t-mobile (we have sim cards too) .. you can set a SIM password. and even t-mobile technical care can NOT reset it. if you set a SIM password and you forget it you're screwed. but that means no one can get it changed... if you have cingular prolly the same way.