2004 Nissan Titan
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2004 Nissan Titan Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

A mobile dog groomer in Montgomery was parked at the car wash vacuum area off Main Street in Chula Vista when she called me. Her backup key had been sitting in a drawer for two years, and when she finally pulled it out, the remote buttons did nothing. She was convinced the whole thing was dead and the truck would need to go to the dealer.

I asked her one question: does it still start the truck? She tried it. Yes. That told me enough.

When I got there, I popped open the fob housing and the CR1620 inside had corroded slightly at the contact points. Not a lot, just enough. I cleaned the contacts, seated a fresh cell, and every button came back. Lock, unlock, panic. All of it.

She laughed a little. She'd been putting off calling because she figured it was going to be a whole thing. The dealer had quoted her a replacement key and programming when she called them earlier in the week. She never went.

I tested the full range of both keys before I left. Drove nothing, unplugged nothing, just confirmed what she actually needed was a two-dollar battery and a clean contact. That's the job sometimes, and it's still worth doing right.

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