Consider the following. A Voodoo ritual? The secret code to find an
Easter Egg in some new video game? Nope. Read and try to figure this out. Then scroll down for the surprise answer.
- Start with the driver door open and unlocked. Key out of the ignition
- Insert the key and remove 2 times in 5 sec. Just insert and remove, do not turn the key
- Close and open driver door 2 times in 40 sec.
- Insert the key and remove it again from ignition. Just insert and remove, do not turn the key.
- Close and open driver door 2 times in 40 sec.
- Insert the key in ignition,
- Close the door,
- Turn to on and back to lock in 1 second intervals. 1 time for add, 2 times for rewrite, 3 for confirmation 5 for prohibition. (yes, there is no “4”)
- Remove the key
- Power lock will cycle to confirm
- For add or rewrite mode within 40 sec of the confirmation,
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Here is the rest of the ritual. I hid this so it wasn't too obvious.
A. press “lock” and “unlock” buttons of the FOB at the same time between 1 and 1.5 seconds.
B. within 3 sec press “Lock” button for more than 1 sec and release.
C. If it’s correct, the power door lock will cycle once. If it’s wrong the door lock will cycle twice.
Ok, so here it is. Remember the Captain's Camry? Off to the great car wash in the sky. Well he found the key fob that locks/unlocks/opens the trunk etc. So he gave it to me. Mine is older but is the same platform so it seemed likely I could use it.
After a bit of internet searching, I came up with the above. Of course I was skeptical, but I gave it a try anyway. Voila! Now I have an extra remote that works with my car. Of course it is a remote I don't really need.
So my question is "Does Toyota really need to make it this complicated?" Perhaps so. But it seems to me that 1/2 the steps would be random enough to prevent accidentally entering this add a key fob modes.
