2008 Kia Sportage
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2008 Kia Sportage
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There's a swap meet in Santee that draws a decent Sunday crowd. A vendor there sells aftermarket auto parts for a living. He knows his inventory cold, knows what fits what, and has no problem calling out bad parts. But he was completely convinced his 2008 Sportage key was a dealer-only situation. An old forum post had done the job on him. "Kia locks it down," he said. "You need their software."
He had one working key left and wanted a spare before that one failed on him. Reasonable thinking.
I met him at the lot. The Sportage uses a flip remote with a transponder chip in the head. Programming it means connecting to the OBD port, entering the vehicle's security PIN, and registering the new chip code to the immobilizer. I had the right blank on the van, cut the blade to match his existing key, ran the programming sequence, and then tested everything the way I always do: lock, unlock, the trunk release button, and a full start cycle to confirm the immobilizer accepted the chip.
The whole thing happened in the same spot where his car was already parked. He never had to move it.
He sells parts for a living and still thought he had no option but the dealer. That outdated forum post cost him nothing in the end, but it almost cost him a weekday appointment, a rental car situation, and a wait that owners on Kia forums regularly describe as two weeks or more just to get on the schedule.
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