[quote author=bossboy link=topic=67928.msg1171552#msg1171552 date=1169910059]
no, you don't need the car to get new key.
Your dealership should be able to cut new keys for you, and have a device to program them with the original info.
Ensure you bring documentation that you own the car and some photo ID.
At least that is the way it works in Canada. My dealership doesn't need the car to program the keys.
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In the US this is absolutely false. If you don't have two keys to self-program with you need to bring the car to the dealer.
The problem is that the keys aren't programmed to work with the car. The car is programmed to accept they keys. To program the car to accept the keys, they need the car. 'nuff said.
Andrew Beard