2014 Ford Flex
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2014 Ford Flex Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Got a call from a woman out in Fernbrook on a Wednesday afternoon. She had a 2014 Ford Flex, one fob, and that fob had gone through a full wash cycle. She found it at the bottom of the drum when she moved the load to the dryer.

The fob was dead. Push-button start wouldn't respond, door handles weren't reading anything, and she had pickup at school in about two hours. She called the dealer. They could see her Friday.

I was in the area and made it to her in under thirty minutes. She met me in the driveway with the washed fob in a paper towel, still a little damp along the seam.

I connected to the OBD port and ran the key programming sequence on my diagnostic unit. The vehicle security system does a timed enrollment process, so there's a built-in wait baked in, no way around it. While that counted down I got the new fob shell built out and the CR2032 seated properly. Once the system accepted the new fob, I walked every button, checked the door handles, ran the start, and confirmed the insert key was cut to her vehicle correctly.

Total time from pulling into her driveway to her holding a tested, working key was right around forty-five minutes.

I told her to set the washed fob aside for a few days and see if the board dried out. It might work again, it might not, but either way she wasn't stranded anymore. She made pickup on time. The dealer route would have cost her two days and a tow she didn't have lined up.

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