2007 Toyota Sequoia
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2007 Toyota Sequoia Remote Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

A guy out in Flinn Springs had just bought a used 2007 Sequoia off Craigslist. Good truck, fair price, one key. The seller handed him a worn key with a fob that had a cracked battery cover held shut with electrical tape, told him to sort out a spare on his own. He figured he'd pop into a hardware store and be done with it.

He called me after the hardware store told him they couldn't touch it. The transponder in the key has to be registered to the vehicle's immobilizer or the engine won't run. You can cut the blade all day long, but without that handshake at startup, you're going nowhere. He then called the dealer, heard a number that made him pause, and called me right after.

I met him at his place off the Flinn Springs road. The job had two parts: duplicate the existing transponder key so the new one would be recognized by the immobilizer, and get the fob programmed and tested. I cut a replacement key blade to match his existing one, handled the transponder registration through the diagnostic port, and programmed the new fob. Then I walked every button, tested remote lock and unlock from across his driveway, and confirmed the key started the truck cleanly.

He drove away with two working keys for a fraction of what the dealer quoted for one. And now if one ever goes missing, he's got a working spare in hand, which means the next job is a simple add-a-key rather than an all-keys-lost reset. That difference matters more than people realize until they're stuck.

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