2013 Ford Expedition
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2013 Ford Expedition Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got a call from a guy in Downtown Lemon Grove who had been fighting his 2013 Ford Expedition for about three weeks. Every morning was a ritual: wiggle the key, push it in at just the right angle, wait, try again. Sometimes it would go on the first attempt, sometimes he was standing there for two minutes in his driveway. His neighbor had gone through the same thing on a different Ford and ended up paying the dealer for a full ignition replacement he probably did not need.

He called the dealer first. They quoted him a new ignition cylinder, a new key, and reprogramming. He was a day away from booking it when a buddy told him to try a locksmith before spending that kind of money on parts that might not even be the problem.

When I got there and looked at the cylinder, the issue was worn internal wafers, not a dead cylinder. The cylinder housing itself was fine. I decoded the existing lock, replaced only the worn components, and cut a fresh remote head key matched to the repaired cylinder. His remote functions paired back up without a fight. I laid the old wafers on the hood so he could actually see the wear pattern and understand what had been causing the binding.

The ignition turns smooth now. He did not replace anything that was not actually broken. And he saved a good chunk compared to the dealer quote he had been sitting on.

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