Well, I won’t be recommending them, after I was disappointed with the condition of their offerings a few months ago, as I already mentioned
I wasn’t disappointed at all with the one vehicle I bought from CarMax 7ish months ago, having missing keys is nothing new in my experience , almost every used vehicle I have ever bought from any dealer only had one key , rarely have I ever gotten both keys, unless they only had non chipped keys, meaning, if the keys cost more than a few $$, most of the time I only got one… Other than CarMax and one other vehicle back in 2000, every newer vehicle I have ever bought was off a new car dealers used car lot…
Yes, CarMax was the best car buying experience I ever had and I will give them a chance next buy if/when it’s needed again…
Not sure what the confusion is/was??..
No confusion
All I’m saying is that I was most DISsatisfied with what Carmax wanted to sell me
selling a car with badly repaired undisclosed accidents is absolutely unacceptable for an outfit like that, imo
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Gottcha, I totally understand that part, and I don’t blame you, yes I have heard stories like that, but just not in my area that I remember, I know tins of mechanics that bought from CarMax (in my area) and loved them, even had great warranty experiences when/if needed… The one I delt with, the salesman told me even if/when the office people called me once my truck arrived not go go get it until he had time to check it out himself, it came in on his day off, I texted him and he said he would go look at it and he would meet me their to pick it up…
I think, just like anyplace, a lot has to do with the people that run it and work there, the Aamco I have delt with for 25+ years was family owned and operated and had a great reputation, however the once across town was terrible… Same with Mr Transmission, Owners Jim and Dave Mitchell were/are some of the best in the country, however other ones in other aeras was a crap shoot… We tell new members to stay away from big chain shops, but then here about all these indy shops that can’t even find the source of a blown fuse and whatnots… It is all about the people working there…
On the Tacoma forum, you hear tons of stories about BAD Toyota dealer experiences and some good, but the one close to me has had great reviews and my brother has had great experiences with them , bought brand new and has over 200,000 miles on it and still going strong, I put one set of tires on it and he had one battery put in it close to his home, other than that, all dealer work…
I looked at 2 cars on that Saturday
2 different Carmax stores
Both had badly repaired undisclosed accident damage
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The dealer or a certified locksmith can make a duplicate key. You can have a key made at a hardware store or other retail outlet, but it wont work until it is coded into the ECM.
Nissan has a NATS system, Nissan Anti-Theft System. To code a new key into the system, the dealer or certified locksmith will plug in a key programmer into your OBDII connector and run the Nissan specific program. It will give a 12 digit alpha-numeric code that he will plug into a software program on his laptop or diagnostic computer. It will give a 4 digit pin back that he will enter into your ECM. Then there are a few more steps with the key programmer and the new key will work.
You can store up to 5 keys in the ECM. BTW, the cost to have this done is about the same at the dealer as it is for a certified locksmith. Also, most locksmiths charge the same whether they make the key or you supply the key, the dealer may be different.
Certified locksmith. The law requiring some type of anti-theft system in vehicles also requires that locksmiths that have access to the software needed to reprogram keys must complete a certification course, so not every locksmith can do this. There is no resistor to insert that will bypass this system like in a GM vehicle.
Also if the battery in your car goes dead for an extended period of time, like you go on vacation and the battery dies for a couple of weeks or so, the ECM will lose the code and all the keys must be reprogrammed back into the computer.
BTW, if you want a fob, all the circuitry needed to support it are in the BCM already as all Nissans from the late 90’s to 2019 and most 2020 models use the same BCM. There is a simple procedure to program a fob into that is DIY. YouTube has videos.