Thread: 1998 Toyota Camry-Ignition/key problems and were away from home!!

They just phoned, it is the ignition cylinder. $250 plus taxes, and will be installed tomorrow. Glad they found the problem!! Is this where I rave and rant of the high $$$$ to fix it? lol No, I think it is reasonable. And so far the service has been excellent. They were full, but once I explained I was from out of town, they fit me in! Would I have preferred to gone to a small local garage to get the service completed rather than the toyota...

One of your tumblers is hanging up. Lack of lubrication, dust, grease,bent or the actual ingition switch went into melt down and will not move. hope you get it sorted.

There are verfy few independent shops that have invested in the equipment required to program keys and in some cases ignition switches. It's quite likely with this particular failure the dealer was your only option anyway. In fact some manufacturers have been very slow to even grant access to the software that would allow an independent shop to service the immobilizer systems, Toyota being one of them. Glad they are getting you going.