Key programming
 

I've had two Camrys, one a 2009 XLE and the other a 2010 base model. The 2009 was recently totaled and the 2010 just happened to fall into our hands. Needless to say the 2009 was a much nicer car. My daughter was the actual driver on both, and came from her grandparents who had bought them new, one on each side of the family. Anyway, one grandparent just handed her down a Subaru with only 10k miles on it to replace the one with 208k miles.

My question is this, we still have a key from the totaled car with the fob built in, and we've only ever had one key to the 2010 that still runs. Is it possible to program the key fob from one car to work with the other, even if the mechanical key won't work? Could I go through the programming steps using the ignition key, while the key fob is in the car? Or does the programming depend on the key actually being in the ignition?

I guess I could just try it.

Don't know.

The issue would be the 2010 key would be in the ign during programming. The ign lock system has the transponder reader for the key. Might need to hold the other key close to the ign key.

The 2009 and 2010 are supposed to fit either car.

I just tried it and I got nothing. It is possible this car does not have remote.

It is funny, my in-laws were well off, but always bought the most base level cars and paid cash. They would then hand them down to my generation and now my kids' generation more frequently than they needed new cars. That's where that Subaru came in. My MIL certainly did not need another new car, and what she got was a base-level Toyota something. The reason? She wanted all-wheel drive. She bought this new car before we could tell her that every Subaru was all-wheel drive and she already had one. My parents OTOH always bought the car with the high trim levels even if not a luxury car. That's why the XLE had everything. My parents weren't poor by any means and would always spend money on things like this. Neither my MIL nor my stepmother should be driving in any case, although they both say they only drive around town.

Research the internet to find basic and options for each year and model. There is usually a website that lists this.