and watch it sometimes you have to buy 2 keys to get it programmed

 

Here's a thought! Ask how much a remote start install will cost. It comes with a pair of new keys........

 

Hey guys. Well, i got it towed and it was painful to watch my jeep get dragged onto the flatbed while in park, steering wheel locked with tires turned into the curb. We could get the auto tranny to unlock. And yes, it's about 240 a key, I'm getting 2 this time. OUCH! There goes my Christmas money. I'm not a happy Jeeper right now.

 

Thank you everyone for replying. I didn't think I would get replies so fast. Just goes to show how tight knit the keeping community is.

 

Yes they can

 

no it is impossible to hotwire the new jeeps. That is why they have the chip in the key as an anti theft device no chip no start.

 

When I bought my jeep , they only gave me one key also . I called and told them they forgot to give me the second key , and they just gave it to me .

 

Ouch i have to make another one for mine:/

 

FWIW. I've always bought my extra keys off eBay and then had them cut at Wal-mart. They had no problem cutting them as long as I was under the understanding that if the key was miscut, I was SOL. All they charged me is the cost of a blank, non-chip key.

As for programming, call around. Some dealers charge, and some dealers don't!

 

You can program your own keys but you need 2 keys to do it i saw a write up a while back on ot