2010 Chevrolet Express
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2010 Chevrolet Express Transponder Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

It was a Saturday night out near Dos Vientos, and a couple had come out of the bowling alley to find their 2010 Chevrolet Express sitting exactly where they left it, which was the problem. The van would turn over but immediately die.

They had one key and it was theirs, not a copy, not a spare they'd found in a drawer. The engine would catch for half a second and quit. Classic immobilizer response when the transponder isn't being read right.

They'd called a hardware store first. The store had already cut them a copy months back, and that copy was the key they were using now. The original had been lost somewhere along the way and they hadn't thought much about it until tonight.

I was already in Thousand Oaks, pulled up to the lot in about fifteen minutes. Looked at the copy key under a light. The cut was close enough, but the blank was wrong for the Express. The hardware store had used what fit the keyway, not what matched the vehicle's transponder system. It turned the ignition just fine and told the immobilizer nothing.

I cut a new key on the correct blank, programmed the transponder on site, and the van started and stayed running. No tow, no waiting until Monday, no dealer service appointment. They drove home that night.

The dealer comparison came up on its own when the husband asked what it would have cost to go that route. I just told him to call and compare whenever he felt like it. He didn't feel like it.

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