2016 Infiniti Q70
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2016 Infiniti Q70 Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Out near Moonlight Beach, a guy flagged me down while I was already parked on the street finishing up paperwork from another job. He had a 2016 Q70 and a fob that had started doing something specific: it would lock the car fine from a distance but getting the door handle to recognize him on approach had become a coin flip. Sometimes it worked, sometimes he was standing there yanking a handle like it was 2004.

His first question was not about the key. It was about what happens if whatever I do fails in three weeks.

That is a fair question and I respect it. I told him the same thing I tell everyone: I stand behind the work. If something I program or cut fails within my warranty window, I come back to wherever the car is and fix it. No phone tree, no fine print. Me and my van, back at the car.

I checked the fob battery first. It was the original CR2032 and it read low on the meter. Swapped it, cleaned the contacts inside the housing, and snapped it back together. That alone brought the handle response back to consistent, which told me the key was registered fine and the system was not the issue. The cell was just starving the signal.

After that I walked every function. Lock, unlock, the handle touch sensors on both front doors, and the trunk release. Ran it twice because intermittent problems have a way of reappearing five minutes after you declare victory.

He did not need a new fob. He did not need a dealer visit. He needed a fresh CR2032 seated correctly and someone who tested the whole thing instead of handing it back after one click.

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