Hi all, so glad to be a part of this forum. Just got my first Wrangler and accidentally used the key for my 2014 Patriot to start her up. Anybody heard of Jeep keys working like this? (The Wrangler key doesn't work in the Patriot though.) Right now I'm taking it as a sign from the universe that this TJ was meant to be mine, but just wondering if anybody else has experienced something like this?
One key for both Jeeps?
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Hammer24
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Yeah, it is meant to be yours and any one else's with a pocket knife that can turn the ignition.
Okay, I get it, but I'm still holding on to the meant-to-be side of things 
Until next time, your 100 mi from home in a snowstorm & it DOESN'T workOkay, I get it, but I'm still holding on to the meant-to-be side of things
Yeah, my door locks are good but my ignition is so worn down you can pull the key out whenever you want, including while driving down the road, I could probably start it with a popsicle stick. Never seen it to be a huge problem, not worth replacing all the locks. And it’s a hell of a party trick to pull the keys out and hand them to your passenger as you drive down the hwy, look on there face is priceless.
My son has this somewhat backwards. The key for his (my dad's former) 1995 Dodge Ram is so worn that it starts his YJ just fine but the YJ key won't start the Ram.
Okay, I get it, but I'm still holding on to the meant-to-be side of things
Me too.
Break out the soldering iron and burn the Jeep logo into the handle, so it is even more meant to be.
Read once that there can sometimes be only 10, 15, 20 different combinations of keys for a vehicle?
Yea definitely the older the vehicle the fewer the combinations. I'll just go back over there to what I was doing. 
Apparently neither vehicle has the factory Security system; neither vehicle key should start the other vehicle.
As others have posted; time to install a new ignition key cylinder...
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