1996 Dodge Intrepid
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1996 Dodge Intrepid
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Stuck ignitions on Dodge trucks are one of the most common calls I get, and dealers love turning a $200 repair into a $600 replacement. The Y157 and Y159 ignition cylinders on Ram pickups, Durango, and older Charger models wear down with use. The wafers get sloppy, the key catches on the turn, and the owner thinks the entire ignition assembly is dead. The dealer will happily sell them that.
A plumbing company dispatcher at the fleet yard in Imperial Beach had been fighting a 1996 Dodge Intrepid ignition for weeks. She'd jiggle the key, force it sideways, sometimes wait a minute. She called the dealer and they quoted $221 for a new ignition cylinder, new key, and reprogramming. She was about to schedule it when one of the plumbers told her to try a locksmith first.
I looked at the ignition and the problem was worn wafers, not a dead cylinder. So I used my ACDP to read the WIN module data as a safety backup before touching anything mechanical. Then I decoded the lock, replaced the worn wafers, and cut a fresh key matched to the repaired cylinder. Her flip key remote, FCC ID GQ43VT7T, paired right back up through OBD. I showed her the old wafers so she could see why it was sticking.
Her total was $105. Ignition turns smooth, key slides in clean, and she didn't replace a single part that wasn't actually broken.
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