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I went to the dealership the other day to check out the price of extra keys for my 2008 LT. The alarm switch key, Part # 96650588 is $148.84! Worse off, the only to program the alarm controller is to take the car in and let them hook it up to a computer, which costs another $45.00.
Grand total is 193.84 for a bloomin key! How screwed up is that?
yup, thats why i have only had one key for a long time now...
but, ive always wondered, can u just get a copy of the key made and just not have the alarm part???
Actually, when I got my car, I got two keys, one alarm controller and one plain jane key. A plain jane jey, you can get for about $25 at the dealer, or for $1.75 at home depot.
Are you sure that it is not a transponder key. alot of the new cars have a built in immobilzer and there is a chip in the key that allows the car to be started. That may be why it is so expensive, and hence the need for dealer programming.
An imobilizer is a standard equipment for the Aveo, so the key without remote entry has a chip in it, you'll have to disable the imobilizer if you want to use a simple copy key :)
i got two keyless with my aveo when i got my 04
Well, it sucks, but I went ahead and paid the money for the remote keys. I got 2 of them. I figure getting a regular key kind of defeats the purpose of having the keyless entry.
yeah it sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by genefitz
they didn't give u 2 keys with the keyless entry when u bought the car?
yeh i got 2 remote keys when i got my car... I think they really owe you a key...
no kidding, I've never heard of getting a car with only 1 key.
Certified used,
I ended up with 1 remote key, 1 standard key. I am not complaining too much, with the price I paid for the car. Just that getting the extra keys in a choker.
oh okay that makes sense lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by genefitz
an 08, used? why did it come back to the dealership so fast? how many miles?
someone probably bought it and wasn't satisfied so they traded it in still brand new.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikedudley17
or salvage?
It was a demo car, from what I understand. The car was clean, standard title, had 6700 miles on it. It was, for all purposes new. It did have a problem when I bought it, the heater core needed replacing. There was a problem with the connection (warranty repair).
Other than that, right as rain.
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Originally Posted by genefitz
ooorr demo lol! i forgot about that one.
well anyways, it's a nice car!
God, that is outrageous. Now I understand when the dealership told me to hold onto my keys like gold.