2008 Lexus SC
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2008 Lexus SC Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got the call late on a Thursday evening. A woman in Shadowridge, Vista, had just gotten off the phone with her husband, who was still at the police station filing a report. Her clutch purse had been stolen from a wine bar, keys inside. The 2008 Lexus SC was sitting in a parking lot with zero working keys.

Her husband had already called the Lexus dealer. They told him the car would need to be towed in, they were backed up four to five business days, and the job would involve wiping and reprogramming the entire key system. The estimate they quoted made him pause long enough to start looking for other options.

I drove out that evening. All-keys-lost after a theft is one job you do not cut corners on. The first thing I do is wipe the key memory completely so the stolen key is electronically dead to that vehicle. Then I register fresh keys from scratch. I used my diagnostic equipment to access the vehicle security system through the OBD port, cleared the old key data, and enrolled two new remote head keys. The factory fob ID on the new units matched the original spec. I also decoded and cut the key blade on site.

Both keys were working before she finished her call with the responding officer. She drove home that night. The stolen key will not start that car. The dealer estimate was a fraction of what she had been bracing for, and she did not lose a week waiting for an appointment.

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