Daewoo/Chevy Aveo Radio Unlock Codes

[Rick F]

Another revenue stream dealerships have is reprogramming keyless entry remotes. A few years ago, most cars you could do yourself. Now, on most cars, they must be taken in to the dealership to be programed.

Oh yeah,...and the keys with the chip in them.

My wife and I own 2 Toyota Camrys, a 2002 & 2005 (my wife drives the newer one of course). I didn't want to have to carry 2 FOBs or remotes on my keychain. I wanted one FOB to open/lock/pop trunk to both cars. So about 4 years ago when we first got the '05, I asked the tech @ Toyota if I could progam the remotes myself. He said sure, just follow this... Then he wrote down the instuctions on a piece of paper. It turned out those instructions were for earlier year Camry. But I found the instructions thru a web search. If you happen to drive a '02 thur '06 Camry, these instructions below should work.

[Tubaryan12]

True Rick, but most cars made after 2007 have a system where you can't program them yourself anymore. I had a 2005 Vibe and I programed them myself. If I loose the remote for my '08 Rondo, a trip to the dealership would be in my future.

[iiipopes]

The purpose of a car dealership is to sell cars. The service department is there not primarily to make money for the dealership, although it does, but to keep people coming back with good service so they will be encouraged to purchase another bright shiny new car there and not elsewhere when the time comes.

Your statement is great in principle BUT, in most dealerships, the sales dept. does well to break even. Parts and service typically cover the overhead and bring profit to the business. I've worked at the dealer and manufacturer/supplier level with all of the Big 3 and a few imports. In all cases, their dealership finanicial statements are structured as such. The most balanced model has each dealership dept. covering overhead according to the % of facility square footage they occupy. Most others load the backshop even heavier. The reason being is that, like I mentioned earlier, the sales department does well to break even.

Your experience is obviously different than mine. My perspective includes having done due diligence on dozens of dealerships, analyzing their contracts and performance, default ratios, etc., albeit mostly used car dealerships, which I concede have a different business model, in several states. If a new car dealership can't make money off the sales, then the dealership should not be in business.