Officially, this costs over $1,000 (link to flyer) but you can buy a pirated version on eBay for less than $40. This is proprietary software that Toyota service technicians use to work on Toyota vehicles. The cheapest way to program a new key fob to work in your Prius is with the Toyota Techstream software.
Starting with Gen3, there is no chicken dance.
Google it if you don't know what I'm talking about. I am certainly not a pro, but I've tried to impart what I know below.įor Gen2, you can program a key fob using the chicken dance. I used Techstream version 13.00.022 so my steps and pics may be different from your version. I didn’t see anything like this when I searched through the forums so I figured I’d write one up, since I have to program my key fob anyway.
