2019 Ford Explorer
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

Q: How do I know you are not one of those scam locksmiths I keep reading about?

It's a fair question and a real problem, especially in San Diego. The pattern with scam operations is consistent: no listed address, a price quoted low on the phone that changes at the car, and no way to find them again afterward. EZ Car Keyz is the opposite of that. We give you a firm price before we come out. It doesn't change when we arrive. We show up in a marked van.

Q: Will the replacement smart key work exactly like my original?

Yes, when it's done right. The fob gets enrolled to your vehicle's security system so it can start the engine, and all remote functions get tested before I leave. Lock, unlock, liftgate, panic, all of it. The catch owners run into is buying a fob online and assuming it will work out of the box. It won't. The fob still has to be programmed to your specific vehicle.

Q: My 2019 Explorer starts fine but the key-not-detected warning keeps showing up randomly. Is the fob going bad?

This is one of the more common complaints I see from Explorer owners on forums. The car starts, drives fine, but throws a key-not-detected warning intermittently, sometimes while the fob is sitting in a pocket two feet from the dash. A few things cause this. A weak CR2450 is the first thing to rule out, even if the battery isn't fully dead yet.

Q: I lost both keys to my 2019 Explorer. Can you still make a key, or does it have to go to the dealer?

All-keys-lost on a 2019 Explorer is something we handle. It does not have to go to the dealer. The process takes longer than adding a spare because the vehicle's security system has to be reset before any new fob can be enrolled. There's a timed sequence involved, so plan for roughly 60 to 90 minutes on site.

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I got a call from a mechanic shop off El Cajon Boulevard, right on the edge of North Park. A customer had driven his 2019 Explorer in for something unrelated, and a locksmith had been called out to program a spare smart key while the car was already there. Convenient in theory.

The other locksmith started the programming sequence, the car battery dipped under voltage mid-handshake, and the vehicle security system threw a fault. The fob never enrolled. The other tech packed his tools and left the customer with a car that would crank but not start and a key-not-detected warning on the dash that would not clear.

The mechanic called me.

When I got there, the first thing I did was put my jump pack on the battery and let it stabilize. Not glamorous, but a clean voltage supply is the foundation of the whole job. I pulled the fault codes, cleared the security lockout the interrupted sequence had created, and then ran a fresh programming attempt from a known-good state.

The new fob enrolled on the first try. I walked every function: lock, unlock, remote start request, liftgate, and the panic. Then I started the car twice to confirm the immobilizer was reading the key correctly and not just getting lucky once.

The shop foreman watched the whole thing. He asked what the other locksmith missed. Honest answer: probably nothing exotic. Just started programming on a weak battery without stabilizing it first. One small step skipped, and it turned a 45-minute job into a two-hour recovery.

The customer paid a fraction of what a flatbed and a dealer visit would have cost him. I carry backup power specifically because I've seen this exact scenario before.

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Are you licensed and insured to work on Ford vehicles in San Diego?▼

Yes. EZ Car Keyz is a California BSIS licensed locksmith company (LCO#6792), fully insured, and operating under a real business name with verifiable reviews and a physical presence you can look up. We have over eight years of experience and show up in a marked vehicle. You can watch us do this exact type of work on Ford vehicles and others across our YouTube and TikTok channels before you ever call.