2009 Chrysler 300
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2009 Chrysler 300 Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Over in Midtown Ventura, I got a call from a guy who plays golf on the weekends. He had been fighting his 2009 Chrysler 300 for a few weeks by the time he reached me. The FOBIK would stick in the column receiver. He had to wiggle it, push it at a slightly different angle, and wait for it to release. Some mornings it caught on the first try. Some mornings he sat there for two minutes coaxing it loose.

He had already been to the dealer. They told him the receiver module needed to be replaced along with a new FOBIK and reprogramming. He was about to book the appointment when his playing partner said to call a locksmith before spending that kind of money.

When I got to the car, I checked the receiver and the contacts inside were worn but not gone. The module itself was functioning. What had failed was the mechanical interface, the contact points that the FOBIK seats against, not the electronics behind them. I cleaned and adjusted the contacts, decoded the lock, and cut him a fresh replacement key to match. His existing fob remote functions paired back without issue.

He watched the whole thing in the parking lot. When I showed him the worn contact surface and explained what had actually been causing the sticking, he said something like, "so it was never the module." Correct. He did not need a new module. He needed someone to actually look at what was wrong instead of quoting replacement parts by default.

The dealer route would have cost him significantly more and required dropping the car off. This was done on site, in under an hour, for a fraction of what they wanted.

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