2001 Hyundai Tiburon
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2001 Hyundai Tiburon Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

A woman parked off Beyer Blvd on a Tuesday morning and came back to a Tiburon that would crank but not start. She had one key, it was the original, and the plastic head was cracked down the middle where it had been dropped more than once. She figured the remote part was dead but assumed the car would still start. It cranked fine. Then it died. Every time.

That crank-and-stall on a car this age points one direction: the immobilizer is not reading the transponder chip, usually because the chip housing is damaged or the antenna ring around the ignition cylinder has shifted. Both are common on high-mileage 2001 Tiburons.

I met her in the lot that afternoon. The chip inside the broken head was still intact, which was the good news. I cut a new blade to her vehicle, transferred what I needed to confirm the chip was still registering, and enrolled the new key through the immobilizer so it would actually hold. Test crank. Starts, stays running.

She had been about to call a tow. The dealer was going to be several days out and would have wanted the car there first before they even looked at it. We handled the whole thing in the parking lot, same day, for a fraction of what she was quoted.

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