2019 Kia Forte
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego
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2019 Kia Forte
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2019 Kia Forte Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional
The Crosby is a gated golf community in Rancho Santa Fe, and the people who live there are not used to waiting. So when a resident called me saying he had a broken key situation on his 2019 Forte, I expected the usual impatience. What I did not expect was the actual problem.
He had snapped the emergency insert blade trying to get into his car manually after the fob stopped working. The blade broke inside the door lock cylinder. He had already called a shop that quoted him a cylinder replacement, new key, and labor. He was not happy about it.
I drove out to The Crosby and took a look. The fragment was clean inside the cylinder, no deformation, no damage to the wafers. I extracted it without touching the lock internals. Then I decoded the lock by reading each wafer position directly, cut a new blade to match, and used diagnostic equipment through the OBD port to register the new smart key to the vehicle's immobilizer. Tested all four buttons, tested proximity start, confirmed the key-not-detected warning cleared.
The cylinder is still original. The car looks exactly the way it did before the key broke. He got back in the same morning for a fraction of what the shop wanted.
That other quote involved drilling. Drilling should be the last option on a modern lock, not the first one.
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“Very fast and professional I has marco replace the ignition on my kia rio he was able to so it same day and fast. Great dude and a great price”
“Marko was excellent! He came in a very timely manner and was an expert at he job. A very professional, personal, and relatable individual. Again, Marko was awesome.”
“5 stars. Locked my keys in my car. Called them, gave my location and 20 mins later they came and unlocked my car. Super quick and easy”
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