Originally Posted by bobs
Warranty expired last year. The tumbler assy itself is $107 and they're looking at about 2 hours of shop time to actually replace it.
The tumbler assy comes pre-keyed for the car because you have to supply the VIN when you order it (and strangely enough, you have to give them the old one back!), so the only real work I have to do is extract the old tumbler and screw in the new one. If I do it myself I'm looking at saving about 50% of what it would cost me to have the shop do it.
It's a pain in the **** to disassemble the steering wheel and surrounding components to get to the lock. And you may still need to use the DRB scan tool to reset the anti-theft device, airbag actuator, if you make a slight mistake in the procedure... If they can guarantee the labor will only be 2 hours, I would jump at it... It will take 2 hours just to get to the lock, let alone reassemble the interior parts correctly...