Otavio Ventura

Great. Can you give me the contact of your Lexus dealer? Hope they can help me... Thanks and regards, Otavio Ventura

Dear Friend, you're right. I didn't loose my key, it's working, but MANUALLY. I'd rather have it working in the remote mode, that's it.

I have the spare key too, inserted in a card, but that's something I can't understand, how an expensive car like the LS-400 came with only one remote key...

Best regards,

Otavio Ventura

(Brazil)

 

The keys for the 1st-gen LS cars like yours and mine are unique. The remotes built into the keys are paired with a chip plugged into the computer in the trunk. If you need a new key, you have to buy the chip and 2 keys as a package, since they are paired together.

Sewell Lexus (www.lexus-parts.com) has the kit for around $350. I believe they can cut the keys using your VIN. If that is too much, most Lexus dealers can make a "non-remote" original key for around $50. That would not require the chip in the trunk to be changed, but you would have no remote.

You could always have a local locksmith make a generic key for you, although I don't think it will be much cheaper than the non-remote Lexus key.

I'm looking for one too. Where can I buy "the chip and 2 keys as a package"? I didn't find it at Sewell. Thanks, Otavio Ventura (Brazil)