2024 Ford Expedition
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2024 Ford Expedition Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I was parked on the street in Bear Valley when I got the call. Guy had his only fob for a 2024 Expedition, battery had been acting up for a couple weeks, and that night it just stopped being recognized entirely. The dash was showing a key-not-detected warning every time he sat down. Truck was in the driveway, fully charged, going nowhere.

He had already called the Ford dealer. They told him to tow it in and plan on leaving it overnight because their schedule was backed up. He was not thrilled about that.

I told him I was already in Escondido and could be there in under twenty minutes.

When I pulled up, the first thing I did was open the fob on the hood. The CR2450 looked fine visually, but the positive contact tab had a slight upward bow, just enough to make intermittent contact. I reseated it with a clean cell and retested. The truck recognized it immediately.

He did not need a new fob at all. The whole thing was a battery contact issue. I stayed an extra few minutes walking every button and both door handles before I called it done.

That is the job I like telling people about, not because it was complicated, but because a dealer would have charged him a diagnostic fee before anyone even looked at the fob. He paid a fraction of what that route would have cost and never left his driveway.

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