2017 Chevrolet Impala
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2017 Chevrolet Impala Remote Flip Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I was coming off a job near downtown Santa Barbara when a call came in from The Mesa. Guy was standing in a parking lot off Meigs Road, flip fob in hand, car not responding to anything. He'd driven out from the Valley for the day, one key, and the remote had gone completely dark. No lock, no unlock, nothing. He tried the blade in the door lock manually and got in, but the car wouldn't start. He was convinced the whole fob was dead and he needed a new one programmed from scratch.

I got there in under twenty minutes. He handed me the fob and I could feel it before I even opened it. The case had a small crack along the seam near the battery door, the kind that happens when someone pries the cover with a flathead instead of a proper tool. I popped it open correctly and found the CR2032 slightly canted, not seated flat against the contact. Battery voltage was fine but the contact wasn't making consistent connection.

Reseated the battery, made sure the contact clip had the right tension, and snapped the case closed properly. Fob came alive. Remote functions back. Then I put the blade in the ignition, and the car started on the first turn.

He stared at it for a second. Said he'd been about to call the dealer.

That's the job sometimes. Not a new key, not an OBD programming session. Just knowing what to actually look at before assuming the worst. He was back on the road in about fifteen minutes, and the only thing it cost him was the service call.

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