Hello. Son was driving our 2000 Land Cruiser when someone tried to carjack him. Thankfully, son is fine (besides some bruises). All they got was the key to our car but I want to buy a new ignition key and recode the system so the old key will no longer work. (I’ll have a locksmith rekey doors to new key afterwards.) I’ve found several videos on replacing the cylinder and/or recoding a new key to work with the current theft deterrent code but nothing on changing the code to something completely new.
Local Toyota dealer was less than helpful and offhandedly said it’d be more than $2,000. Another quoted $700 parts and was supposed to get back to me on labor but never heard back.
Some videos showed recoding using Toyota Techstream but it appears that Techstream is only available on newer Toyota models.
Anyone ever attempted this or have experience with something similar? Nothing turned up in search but maybe I haven’t found the correct keyword combination.
Thanks!
Local Toyota dealer was less than helpful and offhandedly said it’d be more than $2,000. Another quoted $700 parts and was supposed to get back to me on labor but never heard back.
Some videos showed recoding using Toyota Techstream but it appears that Techstream is only available on newer Toyota models.
Anyone ever attempted this or have experience with something similar? Nothing turned up in search but maybe I haven’t found the correct keyword combination.
Thanks!