2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2014 Dodge Grand Caravan Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got a call from a guy parked at a motel near Casa de Oro in La Mesa. He was a traveling construction worker, two states from home, and his only key had stopped being recognized by the van. Not dead, not broken, just getting a key-not-detected warning on the dash every time he got in. Sometimes it would start, sometimes it would sit there and ignore him.

He had already called the dealer. They told him to tow it in and they would look at it the next afternoon. He did not have until the next afternoon. He had a crew waiting on a job.

I pulled up that night. Before I touched programming equipment, I opened the fob on the hood and looked at the CR2032. Battery was fine. The contacts were the problem, both slightly compressed from what looked like the fob being sat on more than a few times. Straightened them, reseated the battery, and walked back to the van.

It still threw the warning once. That was enough to tell me the fob was borderline and the van needed a freshly registered key rather than a patched one. I connected through the OBD port, enrolled a new fob matched to the van's immobilizer, tested every button, slid both doors by hand to confirm the buttons tracked correctly, and watched him start it twice in a row without a single warning.

He was on the road before midnight. The dealer quote was never going to help him that night anyway.

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