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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 11:43 PM
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Took some emory cloth to the chip on the key. A friend of mine Mike said he had the same problem and the dealer told him the chip was bad and needed a new key. He took the cloth to it and he didnt have the problem anymore. Mine has been starting everytime now. Is it due to a film on the contacts or is my car just being nice? Waiting for the problem again. The security light would also stay on when it would not start. Anybody see this before and fix in this fashion? Of course if it starts again I will have to go dig deeper and troubleshoot. Used to happen daily. Has not happened since Friday night.
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Took some emory cloth to the chip on the key. A friend of mine Mike said he had the same problem and the dealer told him the chip was bad and needed a new key. He took the cloth to it and he didnt have the problem anymore. Mine has been starting everytime now. Is it due to a film on the contacts or is my car just being nice? Waiting for the problem again. The security light would also stay on when it would not start. Anybody see this before and fix in this fashion? Of course if it starts again I will have to go dig deeper and troubleshoot. Used to happen daily. Has not happened since Friday night.
In the future use a rag with some alcohol on it. That "bump" on the key is a resistor of a specific value. Sanding it may alter that value rendering it useless.

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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 08:26 AM
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that is a good point
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