See post 2 !


Carl, if you got that fixed for $350 you better tell us the dealer - cause we all are going there. The fix takes 1 to 1 1/2 hours, so labor alone is $150 or so. If they only charged $200 for the part, you have a GEM of a dealer there. Typical charge to replace the key assembly with parts and labor is usually some $500 to $900.

That is why *someone* took the assembly apart and figured out what was really going on. The fix is simple, requires no parts and takes 1 to 1 1/2 hours - same as dealer's replacement of the assembly.

TAKE NOTE: The new part they put in, apparently, does not have the two parts in it we take out with the mod. So the 'factory' has figured out the problem and, in effect, does the same 'mod' as we do, only with new parts. I did the mod on my car when it locked up three years ago - 52000 miles later - never a problem again.