2017 Ram 2500
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2017 Ram 2500 Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

In Lomas Santa Fe, a guy called me on a Tuesday evening from the parking lot of a church on Via de la Valle. Evening service had just wrapped. His only remote head key to his 2017 Ram 2500 was somewhere inside the building, and the doors were already locked up by whoever closed out behind him.

He didn't know his VIN. He had his insurance card in his wallet but couldn't immediately find a policy number that matched anything useful. He was calm but getting quieter the longer we talked, which usually means someone is starting to do the math on their night.

I told him to walk to the driver's side of the truck and look through the lower corner of the windshield. He found the VIN stamped on the dash plate on the first try. Once I had those seventeen characters, I knew exactly what I was walking into. The 2500 in that year runs a five-button remote head key, and with the VIN I confirmed the key type before I loaded the van.

I got there, got into the truck without the key, and ran all-keys-lost through the OBD port. New remote head key, cut to the truck, programmed and tested under the parking lot lights. Lock, unlock, every button, then the ignition. Truck started clean.

He asked me what the dealer would have said if he'd called them instead. I told him the dealer would have told him to get it towed in the morning because they were closed. He nodded like that was exactly what he expected to hear.

He drove home. I packed up the van and did the same.

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