2000 Oldsmobile Silhouette
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2000 Oldsmobile Silhouette Transponder Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I was out in San Luis Rey on a Tuesday morning, parked in front of a house on a quiet street. The owner had a 2000 Silhouette that cranked fine but died within two seconds every single time. He had already been down the fuel pump road, paid someone to look at it, and nobody had mentioned the transponder.

He handed me the key and I turned it over. Worn down pretty good, the kind of key that has been on a heavy ring for years. I asked him if it had ever been copied at a hardware store. He thought about it and said yeah, maybe three or four years back, at one of those kiosk machines.

There it was. A kiosk-cut key will match the cuts fine and turn the ignition, but it does not carry the chip. The van was cranking on the cuts and killing on the immobilizer check every single time.

I cut a proper replacement with the correct transponder chip, ran the registration procedure on site, and handed it back. He turned the key, it caught, and it idled. He just sat there for a second with the door open listening to it run like it was a surprise.

He mentioned the dealer had quoted him a wait and a number that made him hesitate. He called me instead. Took about 45 minutes total, start to finish, right in his driveway.

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