# Transponder keys for 1997 Oldsmobile Achieva

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/transponder-keys-for-1997-oldsmobile-achieva/21332>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** achieva, oldsmobile\
**Created:** [October 28, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transponder-keys-for-1997-oldsmobile-achieva/21332 "2008-10-28T12:57:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![PrincessEboneSherell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@PrincessEboneSherell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PrincessEboneSherell)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transponder-keys-for-1997-oldsmobile-achieva/21332/1 "2008-10-28T12:57:57Z")

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I have a 1997 Oldsmobile Achieva. For the first year and a half I have been driving my car with a duplicate key (It doesn’t have the black cover on it nor a chip). I had an alarm and a remote starter installed a year ago but now the car won’t start. I had the alarm and remote starter taken off but the car still won’t start. Then the person asked me about the orginal key. I told him that i never had the orginal key to the car. The person who sold me the car only gave me the duplicates (which I didn’t know at the time). How much would a transponder key cost and if I was to buy a blank key online that could be programmed would that save me money?