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What a bummer, sat in my car after work and was about to head home.. when the key would not turn at all. I checked to make sure the car was in park and adequately forced the steering-wheel side to side in attempt to get the key to turn over. Called my brother up and he suggested banging on the key, as if it was a nail. Had no hammer, so I forcefully open palmed the key... IT WORKED! Was able to drive home and avoid the hassle and expense of a tow. I want to replace the lock cylinder and tumbler with new ones. To make this easier, I left the Key in the ACC position and unplugged the neg terminal on the battery.
If I buy the following kit: http://www.1aauto.com/ignition-lock-cylinder/i/1aimx00175?f=585402&y=2004
Will I be able to set up the tumbler to work with my existing key -- it looks as if this is a feature of this kit? If I take out the existing lock cylinder and tumbler assembly will I run into any security/anti-theft transponder issues?
I'm hoping I can set up the new tumbler for my existing key and then replace both the lock cylinder and the tumbler with the new ones.
To be clear, I only one transponder key for the car (actually, I have 3 keys but 2 of them are copies of the original transponder key and thus I have 1 key and 2 clones). I do not have two different keys where each key has a unique but recognizable transponder signal -- thus I'm unable to program new keys on my own.
If I buy the following kit: http://www.1aauto.com/ignition-lock-cylinder/i/1aimx00175?f=585402&y=2004
Will I be able to set up the tumbler to work with my existing key -- it looks as if this is a feature of this kit? If I take out the existing lock cylinder and tumbler assembly will I run into any security/anti-theft transponder issues?
I'm hoping I can set up the new tumbler for my existing key and then replace both the lock cylinder and the tumbler with the new ones.
To be clear, I only one transponder key for the car (actually, I have 3 keys but 2 of them are copies of the original transponder key and thus I have 1 key and 2 clones). I do not have two different keys where each key has a unique but recognizable transponder signal -- thus I'm unable to program new keys on my own.