Canada owners - Please help with keys

[Doug C]

your welcome

 

[Don in Lodi]

Re: Canada owners - how many keys?

I gave my key "number" to my dealer to order a new black key, thinking they would be able to cut and program the new black key according to the info the "number" gave them.
Got told today that yamaha will send me a blank key because using the "number" on the tag is not always accurate. So now i have a blank key that needs to be cut!?! I then asked what about the programming of the transponder? After a long silence I was told it is in the bike manual (wich says to take it to the dealer)
So now i have a blank key with no one to program it. Emailed Yamaha Canada and they referred me back to my dealer.

Somebody please help me. Please ask your dealers what to do and if I can send my keys to them to sort out!!!

I still have one red and one black key. I need the new black key cut and programmed to my bike

Because there are millions of autos out there with this tech, a competent lock smith should be able to sync things up with the proper instructions in hand, autos remember.

 

[immigrant]

I hear you Don, but my closest locksmith is 190km away, and i am not sure he is competent!! Will have to take my chances with the kid at the local hardware store and programming myself.

 

[Don in Lodi]

Sheesh. ::002::

Who do the local auto dealerships call in? Hospitals need keys, jails need keys, banks, apartment complexes need keys, gotta be somebody out there you/they can trust.

 

[Will Rotten]

I inherited my S10 from my father. I found his daily use key. Searched everywhere and cannot locate his other black key, nor the red one. I'm screwed.

 

[limey]

Will, the US bikes do not have a red key.

 

[HeliMoto]

Only the Canadian S10's have that stupid imobilizer system that use chiped keys, FJR's as well .
Be advised as well that the system will not allow more than 2 black key's programmed at one time , as soon as you program a third key, the system won't recognize the first key programmed,and so on, I chased this around on my 06' FJR for an hour programming keys before I realized it kept erasing a third key, DO NOT LOSE THAT RED KEY !! The whole imobilizer system must be replaced at a cost of around $1500 if you lose all the keys !
You'll also have to replace the ign switch and all the other locks !!

 

[Will Rotten]

Limey,

REALLY!?!? So I should just have two black keys? I suppose that's some relief. Can I have another key made from the one Black key that I have?

I hate only having one key. Constant concern.

 

[EricV]

For a US bike, any locksmith, ACE hardware store or most Yamaha dealers can make you a key from the one you have. Best is to have the bike there, so you can verify it works. Sometimes when they make a copy that way, it needs a minor adjustment to work smoothly. Your Yamaha dealer should also be able to look up your VIN and tell you what the key code is, which would allow most locksmiths to cut you a new key from the code, which when done correctly, is more accurate than making one from another key. Best idea is to get two keys made, from regular blanks, since the Yamaha blanks are made of mystery butter metal and are known to twist and bend in pannier locks & gas caps.

 

[Will Rotten]

Thank you EricV! She's going to the shop on Friday for her 4000 check up. With almost 6k on cause I couldn't find the user manual and had downloaded a EU one. Finally found the one it came with AND a complete shop manual my old man bought. Score!