Then there are the manuals that you have to pay for, such as “Steve Young’s Quick Reference Automotive Manual.” So far, I have yet to find a manual that is 100 perfect – including mine. So don’t expect to see much information on vehicles that use keys that are not available from the manufacturer. Of course, when a company produces a book like this, and gives it away for free, you know that it is a form of advertising. While these books are not perfect, they are free. Many of these aftermarket key blank manufacturers offer an updated resource that is either available from your local distributor, the internet or by contacting the manufacturer. Besides, you need to know if the vehicle has a transponder before you quote the job to the customer.įor the vast majority of vehicles, the first place I check is one of the free vehicle references from Bianchi, Ilco, Jet or JMA. Obviously, you don’t want to do that on a regular basis so that is not what I recommend. Unfortunately, what will often happen is that the transponder system will see this as a theft attempt, throw a theft code into the computer system and make your job a lot harder. How can you tell if a vehicle is equipped with a working transponder system? The easiest way is to try to start it with a non-transponder key and see what happens.
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