Programming a Toyota remote?

I'm investigating options for my brother, whose 2000 Tacoma keyless
remote is kaput. The local dealer wants $84 for the replacement, plus
$99 for programming.

I suspect this is a major ass reaming? How hard can it be to program the
thing???

Is there a good source of OEM or aftermarket remotes on the web anyone
wants to recommend?

Any good web pages on programming that have been proven correct. I
Googled it and got a ton, but many were conflicting.

"Sean Elkins" <sean_elkins@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'm investigating options for my brother, whose 2000 Tacoma keyless
> remote is kaput. The local dealer wants $84 for the replacement, plus
> $99 for programming.
>
> I suspect this is a major ass reaming? How hard can it be to program the
> thing???
>
> Is there a good source of OEM or aftermarket remotes on the web anyone
> wants to recommend?
>
> Any good web pages on programming that have been proven correct. I
> Googled it and got a ton, but many were conflicting.[/color]

You can get online access to the factory service manual and technical
service bulletins at techinfo.toyota.com for $10/day. I think there is a
TSB which helps identify the specific theft deterrent system, which you need
to know to figure out the correct programming sequence. The programming
sequence is a chicken dance of opening and closing doors, turning keys, and
pushing buttons. You have to be quick so it helps to rehearse the dance
sequence or just take a few tries to get it right.

AFAIK, there are no aftermarket remotes that will work.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

"Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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>
> "Sean Elkins" <sean_elkins@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:sean_elkins-3A2A0F.22200308112006@news.iglou.com...[color=green]
>> I'm investigating options for my brother, whose 2000 Tacoma keyless
>> remote is kaput. The local dealer wants $84 for the replacement, plus
>> $99 for programming.
>>
>> I suspect this is a major ass reaming? How hard can it be to program the
>> thing???
>>
>> Is there a good source of OEM or aftermarket remotes on the web anyone
>> wants to recommend?
>>
>> Any good web pages on programming that have been proven correct. I
>> Googled it and got a ton, but many were conflicting.[/color]
>
> You can get online access to the factory service manual and technical
> service bulletins at techinfo.toyota.com for $10/day. I think there is a
> TSB which helps identify the specific theft deterrent system, which you
> need to know to figure out the correct programming sequence. The
> programming sequence is a chicken dance of opening and closing doors,
> turning keys, and pushing buttons. You have to be quick so it helps to
> rehearse the dance sequence or just take a few tries to get it right.
>
> AFAIK, there are no aftermarket remotes that will work.
> --
>
> Ray O
> (correct punctuation to reply)[/color]
There are lots of remotes for sale on ebay, from about $10 to $20, and other
folks sell the magic formula for programming them (which involves a lot of
closing the door, locking the door, unlocking the door, turning on and off
the ignition and perhaps making the sign of the cross a couple of times
(just kidding about that) which they'll sell you for about $5 on ebay. The
only caveat is that you have to get a mate for the one that is
kaput....there are several types out there, and only the one like t he one
that came with the car will work, I'm told. I got one for the Avalon, an
exact match, and after a lot of fooling with the magic formula, got it to
work.

Are you sure that your brother's remote doesn't just have a dead button
battery?

That's extremely odd, I have a 99 camry and I had BOTH my keys'
batteries changed, reprogrammed .. and changed the case for one. All in
$18!! AT A DEALERSHIP. $14 of which was just the cost of the case.

Sean Elkins wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm investigating options for my brother, whose 2000 Tacoma keyless
> remote is kaput. The local dealer wants $84 for the replacement, plus
> $99 for programming.
>
> I suspect this is a major ass reaming? How hard can it be to program the
> thing???
>
> Is there a good source of OEM or aftermarket remotes on the web anyone
> wants to recommend?
>
> Any good web pages on programming that have been proven correct. I
> Googled it and got a ton, but many were conflicting.[/color]