PT Cruiser key question

Oct 25, 2009 31 Replies

Wish I could tell ya, but I don't know. Maybe they thought it would have a negative impact on security of the system.

I'm not talking about the remote, I'm talking about the Sentry security key. Which has no replaceable parts whatsoever.

Smaller- but still stupidly big. I HATE modern car keys with big fat heads holding transponders or remotes. A simple brass key is SO much more convenient and so much easier to carry on a keyring.

I started the thread. So we are all on the same page....

Here is a link to an auction for a key without the transponder that is used in my 2006 PT Cruiser

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I'll tell ya what. I'll take the stupidly big key. I offers theft protection plus a discount in my auto insurance premiums.

Can you say that for the simple brass key??

I started the thread. So we are all on the same page....

Here is a link to an auction for a key without the transponder and remote that is used in my 2006 PT Cruiser

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Given the actual size of an RFID tag, there's no need for such a ginormous head on a transponder key.

Doesn't make squat of a difference on my insurance, and auto theft is just not an issue around here. Especially not our PT cruiser. Gimme a key that fits in my pocket.

Besides, there's NO reason that a transponder/security key HAS to be as big as a hockey puck. It could be much smaller, as is the case with the keyless ignition transponders that fit in a wallet.

This was what I bought. I don't think it is all that big.

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That's why you will feel your gonads tingle every once in a while for no apparent reason.

That's done using homotrons.

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Its smaller than the dumb things with the integrated remote keypad, but compared to THIS:

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's1.jpg its enormous. And yes, yours is exactly the same as my wife's PT key.

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