I was wondering if anyone out there has gotten a smart key besides going to the dealer. the dealer wanter almost 300 for my 04 ls430 key but noticed that ebay has a couple for about 50.00 bucks. Has anyone out there lost their key and had a used one to replace it? I really dont want to shell out 300 for it so please help thanks guys

 

thought about buying a secondary backup key from Ebay but never got around to it. If you go that route, make sure to post how it went, and what you had to do to program the key to your car.

 

Yep i bought another one last year when i got my LS, it only had one smart key. Sewell has them for a great price (my dealer was smoking some serieous ish for what they wanted) and they will cut the key with no extra charge, you just have to prove ownership. You will need to have a dealer program the key for you, try and work a deal out thru your salesman if you got your car from the dealer. Here is the link for the smartkey.

http://www.sewellpartsonline.com/par...l.asp?id=50833

 

Bought a smartkey from E-Bay and could not get it to work on my LS430.. My dealer got the key part working but not the locks..

The Dealer told me that sometimes the keys will not reprogram after being programed for a former car... I noticed that the inside has different numbers than original key.

So yesterday I ordered one from Sewell down in Texas. Sent my drivers license and key code to them, and they to cut the metal key to math my car... Suppose to arrive Thursday. $109.00, ordered paint touch up and more from them...

My Dealer told me that he would program the key free, since I bought the car from him.

 

ive got an 02 ls430 and i also thought about getting a key off ebay but never got around to it. theres a store by my house that sells and cuts out just car key. they have any key you want and and i asked him for an ls430 key he said it will cost 120 bucks to buy the key program it and cut it out. so i think thats a good deal

 

You'll want to get off Sewille rather than E-bay because the "original" keys on E-bay will NOT be cut and so you'll need to get cut and programmed by Lexus, which they will charge for sure. If they only had to program, then going to your local Lexus that you've done maintenance at, they might slide the $50-75 away. At Sewille, the key is less than $125 cut and shipped.

I got mine through Sewille and also got at dealer programmed for free.

 

Sorry to hijack the thread. The battery's in my smart key just run out. My question is can you replace it and how?

 

Actually the key is two pieces, the metal part that unlocks the doors (blade), and the actual remote.

You can buy them separately. So if you do go through ebay, you can buy a blank blade and have the dealer cut it for you and install it on your key. You can also transfer the metal blade from your existing key to a new key (held down by one screw).

Also, once you get your ebay key, you will need to go to the dealership to have them program it for you.

Thanks for stopping by, please check the FAQ thread on top of the LS430 forums for help on this topic.

 

Click on the F&Q sticky on the main page, and click on How to change Smartkey battery.

 

Thanks Grand LS 4 and Tee.

 

thanks you guys but the only problem that i have is that my dealer is really **** about me not buying the key from them so it makes it hard. but good looking out