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Old 30-04-2012, 10:21 PM   #1
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Default Smartlock or SmartShield - How to tell?

Any reliable easy way to tell which one the car has in particular, this one is a 12/99 ute.
I know the simple answer is "look at the keys", but pretending for a minute you dont have keys and there are no stickers visible to tell you either way, how do you tell?

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Old 30-04-2012, 10:46 PM   #2
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Default Re: Smartlock or SmartShield - How to tell?

look at the dash, one dash says smartlock, the other dash has a symbol with a ! mark in it.
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Old 30-04-2012, 10:56 PM   #3
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Default Re: Smartlock or SmartShield - How to tell?

A bit of research has concluded that anything built after June 7 1999 is Smartshield.
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Old 01-05-2012, 06:37 PM   #4
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Default Re: Smartlock or SmartShield - How to tell?

hmmm thats funny my Silver au is Nov 99 and its still got the SmartLock Fob but the Smartlock keys...
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Old 01-05-2012, 09:50 PM   #5
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Default Re: Smartlock or SmartShield - How to tell?

yeah poelwyk all AU1s got the same e-series style remote, original au1s had the e-series (smartlock) key but the au1 update's got the AUII style smartshield key.
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