I lost my remaining SMS key over the weekend, so I had it towed to the dealer(after waiting for 3 hours for the tow to arrive as AAA sent a flatbed truck which couldnt tow it) New SMS key :$541 New Battery(warranty expired in February, and dealer said it was weak): $271 My shiny baby back from the shop: PRICELESS There goes my vacation though, and I still can't get over how much one key costs.
I wonder, has anyone weighed one of their SKS keys? Are they possibly more expensive than gold, by weight?
Yes they are expensive. I believe you can try getting from ebay and have the dealer program it. I bet they will still charge you lots of $$ for that though.
The SKS fobs aren't anywhere near that expensive. By losing your only remaining key you forced the dealer into a more complex and therefor expensive programming process to use a new key fob. Normally they cost about half of what you paid. Tom
The keys aren't typically that much. When I bought my '07 a few months ago it only came with one key. When I went to have another one made it was only about $200 or so and took them about 30 min to complete.
Can you elaborate on this? Is it too expensive or is there some other problem with the reprogramming?
The car cannot be programmed to accept a used fob. Once a fob (SKS) has been used 'x' times, it cannot be recognized by another car due to the rolling security codes. By used, I mean starting the car, not programming.
The price for the 12v is high. The chances of it failing inside of 3 years & 36000 miles are slight. The replacement has a 1 year unlimited mileage warranty.
