2005 Chevrolet Tahoe
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2005 Chevrolet Tahoe Remote Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Got a text from a guy near Santa Barbara Zoo in Santa Barbara. His 2005 Tahoe was sitting in the lot and he had zero keys. Dropped his only set somewhere on the grounds and retraced his steps twice with no luck.

He had already called the Chevy dealer. They told him tow it in, wait for an appointment, and the fob would need to be ordered. He asked how long. They said possibly a week or more before the truck would be drivable. He went quiet for a second, then asked if I could come out instead.

I drove to his GPS pin. The Tahoe was right where he said, third row back, baking in the sun. I decoded the Y160 lock on site, cut a new key on the van's machine, and got into the column. The Passlock II system on these second-gen Tahoes reads a Hall-effect sensor in the lock cylinder, so when you go all-keys-lost you have to work through GM's three 10-minute security relearn cycles. Thirty minutes of the ignition sitting in the ON position, waiting for the security light to stop flashing after each round, then a final cycle to confirm.

His truck fired right up in that parking lot. I paired a new LHJ011 remote while I was at it so he had lock, unlock, and hatch buttons again.

He just stood there watching the engine idle like he half expected it to stall. It didn't.

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