Not sure. I do know that a smartcard will not fuction without the hardcopy key inserted inside the smartcard. It's like it is dead, so therefore I'm not sure if it communicates with a chip in the aux key, or if it just feels the key inside it and works like that. i'm inclined to believe that the key has a chip.
weird...my card must not work correctly. When I go running, I just take the key, and I have tried pressing the card buttons and nothing happens if the key is not physically in the card. weird.
Hi,
I lost my emergency key & need to replace it. I found a guy in China who has them for $7 but they don't have a chip. Does anyone know if they need one?
Thanx,
Jason
credit card style advance key with pwr lift.
Hi,
I lost my emergency key & need to replace it. I found a guy in China who has them for $7 but they don't have a chip. Does anyone know if they need one?
Thanx,
Jason
To answer you question, yes the small emergency key does have an immobilizer chip inside and the one from china without a chip cannot be programmed to start your car. However you do not need to have the smart card inside of the car when starting it with the emergency key. What I ended up doing with my car after breaking my smart card was just to get a emergency key with a chip that I could put on my keyring. I purchased one from eBay that was very similar to this one
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