2008 Mazda 5
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2008 Mazda 5 Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Dictionary Hill sits up above the rest of Spring Valley with long driveways and properties that back up against the hillside. Not the kind of place you want to be stranded without a working key.

The call came from a farm manager who was parked on a gravel access road between rows of avocado trees, about 25 minutes outside Spring Valley. His 2008 Mazda 5 fob had gone completely dead, and when he tried the emergency insert key built into the fob, the manual lock cylinder on his door did not respond. A previous owner had disabled it, or it had seized up from years of no use. Either way, he had no way in and no way to start the car.

He texted me his GPS pin. I loaded up what I needed for a Mazda 5 and drove out.

When I got there the car was sitting exactly where he said, gravel road, trees on both sides, no signal worth mentioning. I got into the vehicle, backed up the keyless entry module data with my programmer, decoded the lock with my Lishi tool so I could get a read on the blade cut, and then cut a replacement key blade on site. After that I registered the new fob through the OBD port. The car started on that gravel road.

He had mentioned the dealer as a reference point. It would have meant a tow first, since no flatbed was getting deep into that orchard easily, and then a wait on parts and a slot in the service queue. He saved a good chunk going mobile, and the car never left the property.

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