I have a 99 ES 300 with some lock issues, car is not worth much and I am trying to nurse it. The remote stopped working a year ago, changed battery to no avail, assumed I had gotten it wet or something. Shortly after, key is not able to insert all the way in driver side door lock so I unlock it from passenger side, and after a year of that it will not insert into passenger side lock.
Went to dealer who tried to program a new remote, they were not able to, and did not know why.
Are there any problems that a dealer would not be aware of when trying to program a remote? The manual locks inside work, so there is no issue of not being able to cycle through the locks. I am essentially looking for the cheapest way of being able to unlock the car, whether it be by remote or a key. The key which will not unlock the doors does start the car, though.
Any thoughts?
Thank you,
Nick