Remote key fob, dealership should be ashamed

The Pathfinder has remote keyless entry as you might expect, but I don’t have the remote. Furthermore, I only received one key with the vehicle when I got it.

One of the first things I did was head to a hardware store to get a new key made. It would just suck to lock the key in the Pathfinder and not have a spare. Unfortunately, like most cars these days the Pathfinder uses a transponder in the key to make it harder to clone so my backup key does nothing buy open the door. That’s ok for my purposes.

But not having the remote to open the doors, that’s a negative for a buyer so I needed to solve it. I knew a dealership would be too expensive but I called anyway. For the remote itself they wanted $105, then another $100 to program it. If I wanted a transponder key, that would be another $95 and if I didn’t order them together it’d be another $100 to program it. So, for $300 they’d give me a key, remote and make them work. That’s completely insane!

Haven’t programmed keys myself before I hit Google to see what it took to do it for a Nissan. It’s so simple that the dealership should be ashamed for what they’re trying to charge. How simple? Insert and remove the key 6 times within 10 seconds, the hazards will flash. Put the key back in and turn to ACC. Press any key on the remote. That’s it, you’re done. And they want $100 to perform that bit of work.

What do you think the odds are of me using that dealership for any work?

As for the prices on the key and remote, you can get them online for less than half of what they were charging.

So yes, I’ve ordered a remote online for the Pathfinder and will do the “o so difficult” programming myself. The buyer of the Pathfinder will be able to lock and unlock their doors properly.