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Ignition Key and Lock Cylinder

Special Passkey Ignition Key - With Specific Resistance Coded Pellet:






The special ignition key used for the PASSkey(R) system includes a special coded resistor pellet.



Contacts In The Lock Cylinder Touch The Key's Pellet:






The special PASSkey(R) ignition lock cylinder contains a set of contacts that touch the coded resistor pellet in the key. A two wire harness carries this key code signal to the PASSkey(R) decoder module.

^ The lock cylinder and harness are replaced as a unit. Wire repair is not recommended.

^ Wire repair can be performed on any other harness in the system.