2015 Toyota 4runner
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2015 Toyota 4runner Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Out in the Brown Field Area of Otay Mesa, I got a call late on a weeknight from a guy who had already spent about an hour convinced he needed a tow.

His 2015 4Runner was sitting in the driveway, the only key he had was not being recognized, and he figured that meant a flatbed to the dealer and a couple of days without his truck. He had already looked up tow companies before he found me.

I told him to stay put. Remote head key on this generation means the blade turns in the cylinder and the transponder has to talk to the immobilizer at the same time the remote functions are registered. All-keys-lost on these is a known procedure, not a mystery. I pulled up in the driveway with my gear, connected to the OBD port, and worked through the key registration sequence. The immobilizer gets cleared, the new key gets enrolled, the remote gets synced, and then I cut the blade to match the vehicle right there on the spot.

The whole thing wrapped up in under 45 minutes. He had a working key, tested on every door and in the ignition, before I packed up.

He asked what the dealer would have charged. I told him probably a lot more, plus the tow he almost paid for. He did the mental math and just shook his head.

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