2013 Dodge Journey
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There's a stretch off Garden Road in Poway where a few small businesses run their vehicles out of a shared yard. I got a call from one of those owners, a pest control operator who had three 2013 Dodge Journeys running routes every day.

His techs had been swapping fobs between vehicles because a couple of the originals had gone missing over time. Every morning was a small logistical mess: which fob goes to which vehicle, which one needs a fresh battery, who grabbed the wrong one yesterday. He called the dealer to get dedicated spares for each vehicle, and the quote he got back was the kind of number that makes a business owner sit down.

Three separate trips. Each vehicle brought in individually. The dealer wouldn't do all three on the same day. He did the math and called me instead.

I drove to the yard before his first route went out. Working off the hood of my van, I did all three Journeys back-to-back through the OBD port. New fob for each vehicle, each one paired exclusively to its own car so there's no cross-confusion. Cut the emergency blade inserts to match. Tested every button on every fob before moving to the next vehicle.

His crew was pulling out before I finished putting my tools away. He mentioned later that the morning sorting routine just stopped being a thing. That was the whole point.

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