Interesting... I'll have to take a peak at my owners manual. It may be that it
was something they wanted to do, planned to do or maybe it's just a generic
section that they put in all manuals (as other D/C products do have coded keys
apparently)? I really dunno... All I do know is that I have a no-name flat
metal dupe for my '98 that I keep in my wallet just in case I lock my keys in
the truck or lose 'em. I know it's not coded and it gives me that all important
piece-o-mind... ;-)
I agree with you that the key doesn't have to be huge. The ones I've seen
aren't enormous but you can tell something's up as they are larger and thicker
than a "normal" key. It also had a funky cut to it as well but I don't know if
that had anything to do with the chip/coding.
On another note, "...there's enough space there on most critters to
implant a small laptop.". Hmmmm... Take your dog for a walk and get some work
done at the same time! :-) J/K!
Sounds like you do some interesting work Flip.
Tom
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Subject: Re: DML: Re[5]: DML: Remote Start Key question
Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: 1/31/00 7:20 AM
Oh, I don't think it would damage the ignition- that would be a
rather unpleasant anti-theft device. I was just thinking it might
refuse to start until the computer was cleared.
There would be no reason to use bulky equipment in that type of
application- a small microchip could easily contain the info needed.
All it's supposed to be is a code so the vehicles electronic system
can recognize it. It would be annoying to the driver to have to haul
around a huge honkin' key. The microchips used for pet ID cost about
$25 retail- we're not talking super expensive technology here. The
size of the chip in that application is driven mostly by the size of
the little bitty transmitter-no need for it to be bigger, since it's
a weak and passive signal. When used on cats and dogs, it is
injected under the skin between the shoulderblades- they have very
few nerves there, and there's enough space there on most critters to
implant a small laptop.
Anyway, it's a similar need- just a short code that in the pet ID app
is read by a handheld scanner, on a vehicle the electronics/computer
could handle it.
However, I'm not saying my Dakota definitely has this- just that the
owners manual says it does, so I assumed that it did. And I am sure
that my dealer was NOT lying when they told me it did (as someone
suggested he was), even if it doesn't. The dealer would have had no
reason to lie, as I had already bought the truck. He could have been
mistaken.
Flip
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