Toyota Key & Fob Replacement Vancouver

Toyota key fob replacement is the single most searched car-key phrase in this market that nobody was answering properly, so this page leads with it. A blade transponder key for an older Corolla, Camry, RAV4, Tacoma or 4Runner is $180-$280 cut and programmed. A push-button Smart Key fob is $280-$420. All keys lost starts from $180.

Everything is cut and paired where the car is, usually 20 to 30 minutes from the shop at 4105 Macdonald St. Published bands are on the price list, and the car key replacement page covers the makes without their own page.

Toyota calls its proximity system the Smart Key. The cutover year differs by model, which is the detail that makes a phone quote accurate instead of a guess.

Corolla

Blade transponder for most of its life, Smart Key on the current car. The Corolla is the Toyota we cut the most blade keys for in Vancouver.

RAV4

Blade transponder on the older crossovers, Smart Key from the current generation. The RAV4 is our most common Toyota fob call.

Camry

Blade transponder on the older sedans, Smart Key on the current one. High-mileage Camry cylinders wear at the wafers and start binding.

Prius

The Prius has run the Smart Key longer than most of the range, and it is a proximity fob rather than a blade key on the great majority of the cars on the road here. We program the key and the immobiliser only; there is no high-voltage work involved.

Tacoma, Highlander and 4Runner

Each moved from a blade transponder to the Smart Key at a different point. Tacoma fobs go missing at trailheads more than anywhere else, and we cut those where the truck is parked.

Published figures. A dealer fob is ordered in and still has to be programmed to the car.

Lexus is Toyota's luxury division and shares the key platform, so an RX fob and a Highlander fob are the same class of job. That keeps Lexus out of the European luxury band: a proximity Lexus fob is $280-$420, the same as a Toyota Smart Key, and an older blade key is $180-$280.

Lexus adopted proximity earlier than Toyota did, so most of the RX, ES, IS, NX and GX cars on Vancouver roads are already on a smart key. Model detail is on the Lexus key and fob page.

A Smart Key that stops working in winter

A marginal cell fails in the cold and the car reports no key present. We replace and resync at the kerb rather than selling a fob.

Camry and Corolla cylinders

Worn wafers make the key bind long before it fails. We replace the cylinder and key it to your existing key where the lock allows, so you still carry one key. That work is ignition repair.

Blades snapped in the lock

A key broken off in a door or ignition is extracted without damaging the cylinder, then recut from the code.