Automotive Keys 1999-2003 Lexus RX300 / 3-Button Remote Head Key Vancouver

The first RX300 arrived before Lexus moved its range to proximity keys, so it starts with a turned key like a Toyota of the same era, and the factory key had three buttons moulded into the head. That is what you are looking at here: a remote head key for the 1999 to 2003 RX300, combining the cut blade, the immobiliser chip and the remote circuit in one body. The blade does the mechanical work in the door and the ignition. The chip is what lets the engine run, and the remote only talks to the door locks; it has no say in whether the car starts. Lexus sits on the Toyota key platform, which means the equipment that programs a Camry programs an RX300, and we do the full job in house instead of sending you to a dealership. An RX300 of this age is usually on its second or third owner, and the common state of the key when it reaches us is a head that has split around the buttons, a blade polished thin from twenty years of use, and a battery contact that has gone green. If your board still works but the case is finished, a shell is the cheaper route: the shell is just the moulded housing with the buttons, into which we transfer your existing board and chip, and we only recommend the complete key on this page when the electronics are dead or the key is gone altogether. With a working key present the new one is cut from it and registered in a single sitting at 4105 Macdonald St in Vancouver. With no key at all we work from the vehicle, which takes longer, and you will need the registration and your driver's licence either way. Ask for stock on 604-734-7233 before you drive over, and mention if the car has been sitting on a dead battery, because a Lexus that has lost power sometimes needs its keys relearned rather than replaced.