Originally Posted by
Romad
I don't want to start an argument as this is just how I feel about businesses that "may" be unfair opportunist.
Feelings have nothing to do with this.
I'd like SOS and Needswings to justify the cost of new keys! This, to me, is absolutely outrageous for a damn key! Somebody is making a "lot" of profit just because they they are the only place to get them.
Can the ignition switch and door switch be replaced with a more conventional type key switch?
Go ahead, try it, show us the way. You completely miss the point - this is not about hardware - it is about software.
The security system of our cars is very advanced, it is that way due to a revolt of insurance carriers in the EU just before the time of the production of the Crossfire.
So many cars were being stolen, insurance carriers insisted that the system be designed such that you can't simply drive off with a car. So, a complicated and encrypted RFID system was integrated with the key. Simply turning the tumbler assembly is NOT enough to start the car. Producing a key means programming that RFID chip.
And as for duplicating keys, fixing SKREEMS or bypassing the need for a SKREEM - Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of man hours went into this project. It took almost two YEARS of research and effort to come up with a way to get keys, now that they are no longer available from Chrysler.
The cost has been justified for some time.