Thank you for the suggestion but it did not work for me. I was able to get the instruction to register the transmitter from another forum. According to the information I got from Samscars.com website, there is a slight error the the Lexus instruction. Does anyone know what the error is? Thanks.
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Although I had programmed the keys to start the cars, the buttons on the keys to lock and unlock the doors did not work. Realizing that this must be a separate procedure, I went back to the Alldata to search for more information. The Alldata procedure was an exact reprint of the 2001 Lexus ES300 service manual. The section was titled: "Wireless door lock control system." The procedure made you start with the key out of the ignition, the driver's door open, other doors closed, and the driver's door unlocked. Then the procedure stated to flip the driver's manual door lock from lock to unlock at five second intervals. Then it went on to have me open and close the driver's door, then cycle the driver's door lock again five times. Now it stated to put the key in the ignition and turn it from off to lock and then to remove the key. The procedure went on at nauseam to have me push this button on the remote, then that button, and so forth. Needless to say, when all was said and done . . . more was said than done. I must have tried this crazy procedure five times but the remote never worked. A call back to Alldata verified that the procedure was a photo copy of the exact Lexus service manual procedure. Fearing I would have to pay the dealer to program it, (not to mention a lengthy road trip to get their and back), I decided to check IATN (http://www.iatn.net).
For those of you that are unfamiliar, IATN is a worldwide database of automotive technicians that exchange information, training and even meet at conferences throughout the country. I went to the IATN web site and clicked on the Fix Database. The Fix Database is available to sponsoring members and allows you search through over 129,000 repair fix messages by make and model. I selected 2001 Lexus and typed in the search word "key." Within seconds I found the information I needed. A shop owner in Scottsdale Arizona had gone through the same problem trying to program a new transmitter key. Several Lexus technicians had replied that the service manual had an error and the actual procedure to program the keys was slightly different. I printed out the new procedure and it worked on both cars.
