whenever you reprogram, you have to do it to all of the fobs/keys.

 

Thanks, that's what I thought.

 

phast240:

where did you purchse the key you had programmed? I'm assuming it's a transponder key....what year is your g35?

Did you buy it online....do you have the link?

Thanks!

 

When I bought my car ('04 G35x A/T) the dealership gave me 1 Key and 2 fobs, one of which was un-programmed. I wanted to have 2 keys and 2 fobs. What I found to be the best deal for me was to have a locksmith cut a key with the chip in it and a key without the chip that gets you in the door. Then I had the dealership program everything. Here is how it broke down:

Dealership wanted:
$150.00 for the key and to be cut
$98.00 to program everything at the same time

$250.00 Total


Locksmith wanted:
$45.00 to cut a key with the chip in it
$2.00 for a key to just get in the door
Plus (from the dealership)
$98.00 to program everything at the same time at Infiniti

$145.00 Total

It took me a lot of time and hassle and I think I spoke to four different people at the dealership before asking for "the manager" to give me a quote on what I wanted done, because it seemed every person I talked to had a different idea of what I wanted done.

Hope this helps somebody

 

yeah i almost fell into the trap. good thing i asked for another key tho, they charged the nissan dealership(where i bought my g35) 325 tax included and made me wait one hour to program and set up another intellikey. the key was around 125 and the other was some crazy labor fee.

 

I bought it at our local Mall. There's a kiosk in there called the "Keyosk" (great name, by the way) and the guy cuts the keys right there in the mall. He then came out to my car and programmed the key right there in the parking lot.

My car is a 2003 sedan.

 

wow I need one of those guys here in Sac.

where are you located at

 

I'm in Knoxville, TN.

It's really a great idea, I heard about it from some guys on a local car forum, otherwise I wouldn't have known it was even there.

 

https://g35driver.com/forums/faq-diy...ition-key.html

I just got the Howard key for my 03 sedan cut/programmed at the dealer. $65 for all keys/remotes (as said, all have to be done at once). Key itself was cheap off of ebay. ie.. $10-$15 or so. Just won't have the Infiniti logo

 

Infiniti dealer was surprised it worked. They were asking me where I got the key so they could recommend it as a cheaper altnernative to the oem key. They said they charged $140 just for the blank key with the transponder! Then there's the reprogramming on top of that!

 

So I had an 04 with only one transponder key....dealer wanted $125 for the key and $85 to program. Plus a two hour travel to the dealer.

There are several aftermarket transponder keys made for the G35, you can have a locksmith cut the transponder key and program it. They must program all keys at the same time. If you use a non transponder key to start the car I am told it will disable the car for 10 minutes (unverified). I paid $80 plus tax to cut and program the new key.

There is a security code that the locksmith will have to enter into the programming machine, and they must subscribe to a service to get this code (my guy used his desktop computer to get the code). When my locksmith called the dealer to get the code and all they could provide was the code to cut a lock out (valet) key. Again I am told dealers have a special machine that only works on the Infiniti, and so they don't use a code, the Nissan dealer can't program it either.

If your locksmith doesn't seem to know about the security code keep looking in the phone book until you find one that does....not all of them pay for all of the codes and machines to program the keys for all makes....it is expensive for them.

As for the FOB, I bought one for 20 bucks on ebay and programmed it myself, my locksmith wanted $60, and the dealer $125 for the fob only.

 

Nissan "should" be able to program the transponder key. They all use the same technology. But since the cost of reprogramming and cutting was only $65, why not go to the dealer?

In your case, I can see why as the dealer was 2 hours away. In that case, yes, calling locksmiths is the way to go. Might want to start with asking them about programming a transponder keys as your first question.
I called a few in my area and some said "yes" and some said "no". But I had to go to the dealer anyway so I had them do it.

 

In fact, you might want to check the ads at the top of the forum when viewing the thread. It came up with a locksmith in my area
http://lockpatrol.com/?src=tp0&SRC=TC1A2368813197

Maybe it will do the same for you guys