FOB programming?

MarshRam said:

Good luck. If you don't find someone willing to lend a favor, call some locksmiths. Just had a fob programmed for 60 bucks. This was on a programmed fob and he cut me a key also. As well, he gave me a new skin with contacts for my old fob, lock button was not working as contact was gone and skin was torn. He actually did not reprogram my programmed fob, but traded for a replacement chip he had. He said he just got the ability to reprogram preprogrammed fobs, just don't think he wanted to mess with it for the first time with me standing around. Point being, you might run in to a brick wall here and a locksmith will more than likely beat the dealer price!

As an fyi to anyone else reading this thread, getting another complete fob could potentially be cheaper through a locksmith rather than ordering a fob and taking it to them for programming. I was in shock off all the Ram fobs this guy had and key fobs for many other vehicles.

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Mpgrimm2 said:

I'm not sure if anyone with an AutoEngenuity Code tool has ever tried to use it to program a key fob.

We are constantly finding things it messes up/corrupts in the BCM when activating other functions. (I'm in SC)

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Trekker said:

The seller actually had a new fob for me in packaging. He lost one and went to get a new one and the dealer actually told him that the truck is remote start equipped but they programmed non-remote start keys when they sold the truck so he got one for remote start. I called a few locksmits but around here they are all 24 hour mobile locksmiths and want more than the dealer to come program it. I'm going to try going to an Ace hardware tomorrow and see if they can do it since I've been told they can.

I want to get AE so I can have it for personal and for work (I'm a ford tech) but the 1200 bucks to support all manufacturers is kind of steep so I'm waiting a bit.

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Trekker said:

Well I'd assume a key should be fine considering locksmiths don't buy Dodge software, they have to use something. It should just be telling the computer to go into programming mode. Can't be too different from fords system.

Is there a list of what function are known to corrupt modules? Would be good to know for when I get mine.

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Trekker said:

Well I'd assume a key should be fine considering locksmiths don't buy Dodge software, they have to use something. It should just be telling the computer to go into programming mode. Can't be too different from fords system.



Is there a list of what function are known to corrupt modules? Would be good to know for when I get mine.

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King nothing said:

I don’t think the locksmith does any actual programming to the truck. I think they actually “clone” your existing key so that the truck “sees” them both as the same key


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King nothing said:

I don’t think the locksmith does any actual programming to the truck. I think they actually “clone” your existing key so that the truck “sees” them both as the same key


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MarshRam said:

They plug into the port and program the fob, In 10 minutes the locksmith cut me a key, programmed a fob and replaced the skin on my old fob. He made 60 bucks, minus key and skin materials he gave me, probably made 50 bucks or more, roughly $300 an hour. Stealership makes about $600 or more per hour to pay their high end Harvard/Yale techs they hired. Lol...

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MarshRam said:

They plug into the port and program the fob, In 10 minutes the locksmith cut me a key, programmed a fob and replaced the skin on my old fob. He made 60 bucks, minus key and skin materials he gave me, probably made 50 bucks or more, roughly $300 an hour. Stealership makes about $600 or more per hour to pay their high end Harvard/Yale techs they hired. Lol...

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Trekker said:

Does anyone here happen to live around Orange County California and have access to AE to program a key fob for me? I just picked up my truck a few hours ago from the seller but he only had one key. He gave me a second un-programmed one in the packaging. I'd love to not have to go pay an hour for a job that takes 10 minutes.

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