'03 Prius won't start!
Engineering first
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 5,613
From: Huntsville, AL
Re: '03 Prius won't start!
Originally Posted by philmcneal
. . . thanks for the info about the Prius key. Never knew that!
The maintenance manual and several web pages have the instructions on how to program the engine controller to recognize another key. You can buy them on Ebay for about $5 and having a backup is a good thing.
Bob Wilson
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Joined: Apr 2005
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From: Coquitlam, B.C.
Re: '03 Prius won't start!
Originally Posted by philmcneal
I heard that 01 priuses didn't come with no anti theft at all nor an immobilizer is this true? I know the 02 models started having them since I'm pretty paranoid about theft, does this rule apply to the Canadian models as well? Since I noticed some differences between 01 American, and 01 Canadian models like cruse control, but anti theft is my number one concern. Can anyone clear this up for me?? Thanks!
04 prius 350,000km
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 517
Re: '03 Prius won't start!
Originally Posted by Schwa
Our 01 has anti-theft and horn-honking style alarm, the key has a chip that needs to be present for the car to start. Very difficult to make one run unless you have the key.
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