for all of you that don't have 120 to spend on the nissan way here is another nissan way they didn't tell you buy as many replacement keys as you want at your local key maker i paid .97 cents each then take your chip key place it VERY CLOSE to your ignition now place the .97 cent key in the ignition and turn it over WALA it turns on and stays on now turn off your car put the chip key inside the steering colume tape it in and now turn it over again to see if its close enought to the ignition now its 109 dallors for the information <smile>

 

Fantastic, you've successfully made your car stealable.

 

Why would you want to bypass a theft countermeasure? I guess maybe if you are trying to pull an insurance job or something. I would not try to bypass the key chip and if you f*ck it up you are going to pay even more when you have to tow your vehicle to nissan so they can reset everything so it will turn on.

 

so say you found your old key and had a new key programmed by nissan...i was told if you had tried to use that old key that your engine would lock up..true?

 

ok lets see i know ALOT of people that don't have the money to pay nissan 120 dallors for a key replacment and the OEM key they we all have has a flaw so i was posting this and a alternitive to DRILLING A HOLE in the side of the key

 

i try to help someone out thats in a money cruch and i get hate :sigh:

 

Well I dont see how this helps anyone.....making my car accesible to steal......doesnt exactly sound like help. Why not just tape the key to the window?? Besides if you have one good key...just get a second key made..to have at your houe whever so you can get in your car if you lock your keys in. If its a situation like mine where the key went bad.....this helps me none you still have to be towed to nissan.
Next thing.......did you actually try this??
I am begining to wonder if you nvis system is even working. The code mechanism in the key is powered by the ignition........your key isnt self powered.....it doesnt send out radio waves....if that was the case then you would see a slot to change out batteries.

 

Well I won't comment on whether or not this is a good idea, but yes, it does work.

 

after talking to the nissan service manager for about an hour he told me that if you don't want to buy the key from them you can bypass it by doing this and then he said it was the same way they made keyless entry and keyless start if your really want to know

 

i think that's a great find...

trust me, a key chip is not gonna stop a thief from stealing your car....
chip or no chip . . . your max can be gone in 30 seconds....

 

I raellly dont understand what you are bypassing???? your still using your chipped key.....and what happens when that key stops working or goes bad?? your still gonna have to pay the dough for it.

 

The bypass units sold with keyless start systems.....only activates for a split second.....and thats the split second that you are pressing the start button on your remote.

 

ok maybe i used the wrong word by useing "bypassing" cause you still have to use the chip but if you have the same problem most every maxima owner has with the key ring breaking its a good way to fix that problem since nissan didn't fix that problem

 

So what if it bypasses that particular security measure. All of us with pre 99's don't have this anyway. He's right, a lot of people don't have $120 to spend or don't want to spend that much on a key. As long as the key taped to the inside is filed down or cut off so IT can't start the car, all that is being done is the ignition anti-theft 'bonus' is being removed to make it like all the other 4th gens.

 

i was going to put it inside my steering wheel meaning taking the 6 screws out and then taping it inside the colume but cutting it or filling it down would work also

 

Since when are OEM keys $120? I mean, mine was expensive, but it was only $65.
Plus, I think one of the maxima online venders sells them for like $40. (Redlinemax?)

 

Well i consider myself more fortunate than pre-99 max's. That extra 30 sec it takes them to get my car might be enough time for me to get out there and bash their head in. I am one of the people who have had their nvis mess up. I took my 2 keys and had them reprogrammed. Cost me $150 for both. I cant see why anyone would want to disable ANY anti theft device. That $150 every once in a blue moon is going to be less than the cost of me having to buy a new car. I'll take my chances with the chip.

 

its 40 to 50 for the key and a major pain in the ares for labor IE. 70 to 80 just for labor