BlueRidgeMark
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Nov 4, 2025
- Join DateMay 2012
- LocationLost in the wilds of Virginia
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- Year1998 Classic (I'll get it running soon....) and 02 Grand
- ModelCherokee (XJ)
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Oh, yeah, but only the smart people do that!Originally Posted by Firestorm500
Whenever I buy a used vehicle, I have 3 or 4 keys made for it. Some I keep at home, some I keep at my shop.
Yeah, that's my normal procedure. Didn't do it this time. Kept saying tomorrow..... tomorrow..... tomorrow..... Tis a tale told by a fool....
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Originally Posted by JWheeler
It sounds like some of you guys are getting ripped off by lock smiths. If the key is not chipped and the locks have not been changed, it shouldn't cost more that $10 to get one from a dealer. The parts dept at my work cuts keys for free it you buy it from them and the is no charge to looking up the key code by the vin.
I think the chip is probably the reason for the big difference in prices.
Mine's not chipped.
What year did they start that on Cherokees, anyway?
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Yeah, that's my normal procedure. Didn't do it this time. Kept saying tomorrow..... tomorrow..... tomorrow.....creeps in this petty pace from day to day, until the last syllable of recorded time; Tis a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and furry, signifying nothng..
I think the chip is probably the reason for the big difference in prices.
Mine's not chipped.
What year did they start that on Cherokees, anyway?
Chips? Are you talking about Sentry Key Immobilzer System transponder keys (chip keys)? I think that POS system started in '98.Originally Posted by BlueRidgeMark
Oh, yeah, but only the smart people do that!Yeah, that's my normal procedure. Didn't do it this time. Kept saying tomorrow..... tomorrow..... tomorrow.....creeps in this petty pace from day to day, until the last syllable of recorded time; Tis a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and furry, signifying nothng..
I think the chip is probably the reason for the big difference in prices.
Mine's not chipped.
What year did they start that on Cherokees, anyway?
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My '99 does not have a immobilizer on it.
OP, have you gone to the dealership yet?
OP, have you gone to the dealership yet?
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I do not have the Sentry Key Immobilzer on my 98; however, there were a few pages literally glued into the owners manual with procedures you need to know if you have that system.Originally Posted by CCKen
Chips? Are you talking about Sentry Key Immobilzer System transponder keys (chip keys)? I think that POS system started in '98.
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That would have been an update Chrysler sent out after the manual was printed/Jeep was sold.
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Originally Posted by 98redjeep
I do not have the Sentry Key Immobilzer on my 98; however, there were a few pages literally glued into the owners manual with procedures you need to know if you have that system.
It's funny. All the stuff is online now but some of the old service books are like that when there is an update in info or a tsb.
BlueRidgeMark
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Yeah, that works!
Thanks all!
- One phone call to the dealer to verify they can do it.
- One stop at the dealer with driver's license, registration, and VIN.
- 3 keys made at $6.25 each.
Yeah, that works!
Thanks all!
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Yeah, that works!
Thanks all!
Awesome. Glad it worked out for ya.Originally Posted by BlueRidgeMark
FOLLOW UP:- One phone call to the dealer to verify they can do it.
- One stop at the dealer with driver's license, registration, and VIN.
- 3 keys made at $6.25 each.
Yeah, that works!
Thanks all!