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I went through some hoops when we got our 9-5...
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Posted by Snowmobile [Email] (#686) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Snowmobile) on Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:36:38 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Are you sure about Ilco keys?, dmz789qqq, Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:52:34
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looking for a cheap low profile blank key that would open the door (and could be immersed in salt water). The idea was to make a "transponder fob" I could unhook from the mechanical only key shaft + leave the fob in the car while taking the shaft (to open the door) in my wetsuit while surfing...

Saab doesn't make one for a 2004+ 9-5, so I asked around at locksmiths. Ilco offers keys that work for the older 9-5's and 9-3's with and without transponder chips (quick google search yielded p/n YM30T5, but double check with your locksmith). I'm pretty sure one can get one with a fob also. What they didn't have (last summer) was one with the thicker shaft of the newer key. As it was explained to me by the locksmith - there tends to be IP protection of the newest keys + Ilco would make it if they could (I assume by that he meant legally)... likely the key blank will appear soon or in the next couple years...

A locksmith (with the right tooling to work on automotive sidewinders) can cut the keys (typically they charge $10 + the cost of the blank). You'd still need a tech2 to program the car and you need at least one good key for them to copy (mechanically). I ended up just getting an extra Saab key because there was no other option for 2004+...

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