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Q: How fast can you get to my location in Rancho Santa Fe?

For the Rancho Santa Fe area, including Fairbanks Ranch, I'm typically there within 30 minutes of your call depending on where I am and current traffic on the 56 corridor. When you call, give me the year, make, and model -- I confirm the key blank and tools I need for your specific 2009 Legacy before I leave, so I'm not showing up to figure things out in your driveway.

Q: Can I get a replacement key made today, or do I have to wait for parts?

Yes, same day. I carry key blanks and programming equipment for the 2009 Legacy on the truck. There's no ordering by VIN, no shipping delay, no waiting for a part to arrive at the dealer before they'll even book you in. You call, I come to you, you leave with a working key. That's the whole process.

Q: My 2009 Legacy starts fine but the remote buttons stopped working. Do I need a whole new key?

Not necessarily. The remote head key on this car combines the transponder and the remote in one unit, but those are two separate functions. If the car starts, the transponder side is healthy. Dead or unresponsive buttons are almost always the CR2032 battery before anything else -- these fobs are known to show very little warning before the remote goes quiet entirely. Start there.

Q: I bought a replacement fob online for my 2009 Legacy. Can I program it myself at home?

No. The 2009 Legacy remote head key does not have an owner-accessible self-programming sequence for the transponder side. The immobilizer enrollment requires a professional tool connected to the OBD port. The remote buttons alone might pair through a specific ignition sequence depending on the setup, but that does nothing for the chip -- and without the chip registered, the car won't start. If you bought a fob online, you still need someone with the right equipment to complete the job.

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A woman who runs an organic produce stand at the farmers market in Rancho Santa Fe, out near Fairbanks Ranch, called me on a Saturday afternoon.

She had one working key for her 2009 Subaru Legacy and needed a spare before a long drive she had coming up that week. Three different people had told her the same thing: go to the dealer, because Subaru key programming is dealer-only. One was a friend, one was a post on a Subaru forum from years back, and one was the dealer's own website, which wasn't exactly going to argue against itself.

I pulled into the market lot while vendors were still breaking down their setups. She was doing the same, loading boxes into the Legacy's trunk, assuming I was going to tell her I couldn't do it there.

I cut a replacement key blade to match her existing key and connected through the OBD port. The 2009 Legacy's immobilizer registers new transponder chips this way -- you're not doing anything exotic, you're just introducing the new key's chip to the car's security system so it gets added to the accepted list. The remote portion gets programmed in the same session. Four buttons: lock, unlock, trunk, panic. I walked every one of them before I packed up.

She had a working spare before her drive. The dealer wanted a multiday wait and an appointment just to get started. She didn't need either.

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How long does a 2009 Subaru Legacy key replacement take?▼

If you have at least one working key, adding a spare typically takes around 15 to 30 minutes once I'm connected and running through the programming sequence. The remote head key setup on this car handles both the transponder and the remote in one session, so there's no second round. All-keys-lost is a longer job.