Hey guys, after fighting with this process myself for hours on end, after getting it to work I figured I would make a writeup on how to do this.
Here's how to reprogram your car's engine immobilizer to program new keys in the event of lost keys...
Never force IG key. Key should turn with absolute no feel of pressure, being hung up or caught. Not even a little! Which people mistake, for a bad key or sticky tumbler.
IG SW has a steering wheel locking pin, back end of rod. If steering wheel...
That's the direction I took, yeah. The security bolts had already been replaced with Allen head bolts, so I wasn't the first of this truck's owners with the problem. I also bought one of the $12 Amazon rods as a spare to compare, and I'll...
Oof, not even my worst enemy. Finally back on the road after 2 months of diag, broken parts, and a severe inability to work on it more than an hour or two at a time. Root cause on this one: me. Heavy 37" tires/steering, less than careful...
I've used nothing but auto in my LX for the past few years! Set it at 68 and forget it. It blasts to get to the right temp and then transitions to whisper quiet, all on its own.