2008 Chevrolet Equinox
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2008 Chevrolet Equinox Transponder Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Got a call from a guy near the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum on a Saturday morning. His 2008 Equinox had one key left, and the blade was so worn down it barely grabbed the wafers anymore. He had been jiggling it for weeks.

He told me he called the Chevy dealer first. They wanted him to bring the car in on a weekday, leave it, and wait for the parts order to come through. He said the person on the phone mentioned two to three business days. He works six days a week and the Equinox is his only ride.

I pulled up, checked his existing key, and the wear told the whole story. The B111 blade had almost no shoulder left on the high cuts. It was turning the ignition by muscle memory and luck more than by actual key profile.

I cut a fresh Strattec 5911562 blank to code, not copying his worn key but pulling the original depths from the lock. Then I connected my programmer to the OBD-II port and ran the PK3+ transponder registration. The Body Control Module accepted the new chip on the first pass. Tested ignition on, crank, start, shut down, restart. Smooth every time.

He held the old key up next to the new one and just shook his head at how chewed up the original had gotten. Whole thing took maybe fifteen minutes. He was back on the road and it cost him a fraction of what the dealer wanted, with no days lost waiting.

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