2016 Jeep Patriot
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2016 Jeep Patriot Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Ocean View Hills sits right up against Otay Mesa, and that whole area bleeds into the dirt lots and overflow parking near the border corridor. Not a lot of shade, not a lot of options if you're stuck.

A guy called me on a Saturday morning. He'd been camping in the overflow area just outside of town and his only key to his 2016 Jeep Patriot had gone missing somewhere between breaking down the campsite and walking back to the truck. He checked his tent, his bag, his pockets, the ground around the site. Nothing. He was standing in a dirt lot with a locked Patriot and no plan except waiting until Monday to call a tow.

I told him I could be there that afternoon.

When I got there he was sitting on the bumper in the heat. I picked the door open and decoded the wafer positions to get the exact cut depths. Then I connected through the OBD port and ran the all-keys-lost sequence for the Patriot's immobilizer. That process clears every previously registered key from the system and learns the new one as the primary. His new remote head key got cut to match the lock, the transponder got enrolled, and the remote buttons were tested on all four functions. He watched the whole thing from a folding chair he'd pulled out of the back.

He also let me cut him a spare on the spot, which I told him straight up was the smarter move. Losing your only key once tends to change your thinking on that.

His Patriot started before I packed up the tools. He mentioned the dealer had told him they could fit him in the following week, and that was before anyone quoted him a price. He saved a good chunk and didn't lose the truck for three days.

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