2020 Toyota Sienna
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2020 Toyota Sienna Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Down at Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach, the parking lot sits close enough to the water that you can hear the surf from the hood of the car. I like that lot. I have done a handful of jobs there over the years.

This one came from a guy who had been watching Toyota key videos on my YouTube channel for a while before he ever needed help. He knew the process before I even pulled up. When the range on his 2020 Sienna fob started fading, he did not call the dealer. He called me.

He described it well over the phone: the fob would lock and unlock from close range but not from across the parking lot, and once or twice the vehicle showed a key-not-detected warning when he pressed the start button. Classic low-battery behavior on this fob, but I do not diagnose over the phone. I show up first.

I got to Fletcher Cove, opened the fob, and the CR2032 inside was not dead dead, but it was reading low on the meter. Swapped it out, cleaned the contacts, reseated everything. Then I walked the whole system: all six buttons, both sliding door functions, touch-lock on the handles, the backup start method against the button. Everything came back to normal range.

He did not need a new fob. He needed the right battery, seated correctly, with someone who actually checks the whole job instead of just handing him a battery and leaving. That is the difference. I stayed until every function confirmed before I packed up. He watched the whole thing, asked a few good questions about what would happen if the fob itself failed, and left knowing exactly what his next step would be if it ever did.

No dispatch, no call center. Same guy from the videos, at your car, at the cove.

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