2000 Ford Expedition
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2000 Ford Expedition Remote Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Out in The Bridges in Rancho Santa Fe, I got a call from a guy who had been at a weekend gathering and set his keys down somewhere inside a large property. He searched for a couple of hours before accepting they were gone. His 2000 Expedition was in the driveway, locked, and he had no spare. He was already thinking about a tow to the dealer on Monday, then a rental, then the wait.

I told him I could come that afternoon and have him driving before dinner.

When I got there, I started at the door. Picked it open and decoded the lock so I could cut a working blade. Then came the part most people don't think about: the transponder. A cut key alone on this truck will crank the engine and shut it right back down. The security system sees an unrecognized chip and kills the fuel. So after cutting the blade, I connected through the OBD port and ran the all-keys-lost sequence. That wipes the old keys out of the system's memory and registers the new ones as the only authorized keys. There's a mandatory wait built into the process, so we stood there for a few minutes while the timer counted down. Nothing dramatic, just part of the job.

First try after programming, the engine caught and stayed running. Then I did the remote functions and confirmed all four buttons were responding. Cut him a second key on the spot so he'd have a spare going forward.

He mentioned what the dealer had quoted him once before for a different key job and said what I charged was a fraction of that, plus no tow, no Monday appointment, no rental car. I was back on the road inside an hour.

BSIS Licensed

LCO#6792

CA Bureau of Security & Investigative Services

NASTF Certified

National Automotive Service Task Force

Fully Insured

Liability & vehicle damage coverage

Google Guaranteed

Verified & backed by Google