When I purchased my land cruiser it only came with 1 master key so I wanted to get a new one but didn't want to pay a ton of money for the dealership to get one or risk loosing it and having to replace the ECU. So of course I started reading on ih8mud about programming the key yourself. I found a key blank on Ebay Blank Key with fob for $29.50 and ordered it. I read some where that some people had problems with getting them cut at local places and not being able to use them. I have had issues with box stores cutting house keys and have them not work so I figured I'd call a more specialized car locksmith. I started calling around and the 1st place never answered and never called me back, 2nd place quoted me $105 to just cut the blank and the 3rd place quoted me $35 to cut the blank. So I mulled it over, not wanting to pay more to have it cut than the key itself. I ended up going to a local lock smith and asked if he could cut it and he did it in in literally 15 seconds for $5. Took the key hoping it would work and it did (thank god). Sat in my car with my phone and did the programming procedure to make it a new master key and it worked on the first try!
Then I got home and messed with trying to get the fobs and locks to work and had issues with doing it. Watched a video on YouTube Toyota Landcruiser 100 series 1998-2002 key fob programming that showed how do do it and it was the exact same procedure except instead of using the power lock switch he used the actual lock mechanism with the red on it (maybe that's what it meant in the original procedures) and it worked! So for $34.50 and about 5 minutes of work I was able to get a new master key made and programmed. Just wanted to thank the forum members on here and this website for being so awesome and having so much helpful information to make things like this cheap and doable.
Thank you,
Bob
Then I got home and messed with trying to get the fobs and locks to work and had issues with doing it. Watched a video on YouTube Toyota Landcruiser 100 series 1998-2002 key fob programming that showed how do do it and it was the exact same procedure except instead of using the power lock switch he used the actual lock mechanism with the red on it (maybe that's what it meant in the original procedures) and it worked! So for $34.50 and about 5 minutes of work I was able to get a new master key made and programmed. Just wanted to thank the forum members on here and this website for being so awesome and having so much helpful information to make things like this cheap and doable.
Thank you,
Bob
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