Hiding spare key and remote start on 3rd gen

Marbarbay, thanks for your research.

If I get down LSU way, I'll swing by and show you how mine works.

I actually like the fact that mine has extra range.

Thanks for your input.

 

I've been thinking about this, as I too would like to add a hide-a-key. Here are two options I've come up with. First option: place physical door key in a hide-a-key, and keep the key fob disassembled with the battery removed hidden in the cab. Second option: keep a tailgate key in the hide-a-key, and keep a disassembled key fob with the battery removed somewhere in the locked truck bed.

 

Best info I've got here...thanks

 

What about wrapping it in a few layers of aluminum foil before hiding it? Might give that a try.

 

as another poster asked...how do you reactivate key back out of power saving mode again?

 

Hijacking my own thread:

If I wanted to buy a spare key fob and the door key that goes in it --

Is this something I buy from dealer?

Other vendor?


Anybody bought one of these?

Any idea of cost?

Thanks.

 

yes buy from dealer...very expensive though...my sales lady said, while giving me my 2 keys...don't lose these...they're like 400 bucks oe something!

 

Yeah and if they are anything like the keys on my 2014 Lexus IS350, buying a used one didn't work even though I had to Toyota TIS tool. Not sure if it's the same, but it's only a matter of time before people start losing their keys.

 

Be very cautious with those hitch safes. Mine rusted shut in a very short amount of time. Had to destroy it to get my key out.

 

Good to know about the rusting

 

I'm assuming your backpack has a small pocket on the back for something? tie a 1' lenght of shoe lace to your key chain and fob, on the other end of the shoe lace tie it to something fixed on the backpack. The hole on the end of a zipper works well and then put the keys in the pocket and close the zipper. Your keys will be in the pocket and attached so they can't fall out.

Or like stated above walk off the trail and dig a hole and put your keys in the hole.

 

Thanks Brian.
Had not thought of that. I live in an area with high winter salt use. Will not be using one of those...

 

i have hitch safe works well....as far as burying it good luck finding it later!

 

I'm thinking I have a solution for me. Maybe not you.

I recently was given a beautiful desk clock which came with a battery in it. Between the positive side of the battery and the contact was a small piece of plastics. It is designed to keep the battery from making contact with device but one can pull the plat ice tab put and the device works.

So I took a small piece of plastic (hard to describe but it is a piece of plastic that you can see through).

I shaped the piece of plastic that would prevent the battery from making contact with the fob. If you think of how a cooking skillet looks (circle with the handle) - I have a thin piece of plastic in my fob that keeps the battery from making contact.

If I want to energize the fob, I can pull the "skillet handle" and the piece of plastic slides out and the fob works.

I'm going to try this set up for a few weeks and then retest it.

 

Or I guess you could just take the battery out and hide them under the truck separately. You are putting a lot of thought into this. Out of curiosity where are you hiking and how long will you be gone? I won't come and steal your truck

 

Mello,

AT - southern part for about 14 days.

3rd party is going to recover the truck for me and move it to a trailhead further North.

Hiding the key is also a desire for when I'm traveling for work.

 

Look on ebay. If you have access to someone with a techsteam cable you should be able to register a new key fob. There are also some sellers there that will sell you a key if you send them a key code. Although I'd have the key sent to a friend's house just to be safe.

You can use a used key fob but you can't just use the add a key sequence to register the fob. To register a used fob, you essentially have to use the sequence when you lose all the keys to your car and have to re-register all the fobs.

Also if you are going to a more well known trail, be cautious about what you put in the hitch safe, I've read reviews where theives will go to areas like trails and beaches that are well known and look for those safes just because they know people leave keys in them.

 

If you are really concerned remove the battery from the spare fob.

 

IDK if this was ever answered, but it's a worthy question...

 

Been trying to figure this out. I swim/snorkel out from remote and populated beaches quite a bit, and always had a velcro hide-a-key in my Gen 2. Now that I've switched to a Quicksand Gen 3, I need a hassle free alternative that won't rust out and leave me stranded in a salty marine environment, and is handy for daily utility. I can't dedicate one of the two fobs to life stashed in a hide-a-key (wife's gotta have one) and it's bad practice to stash a key in a place where predators often eyeball people parking to see if they are visibly stashing keys or valuables.