1999 Dodge Caravan
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

1999 Dodge Caravan Remote Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

A woman from the Old Town Camarillo area called about her 1999 Dodge Caravan. Her fob had stopped working entirely, lock and unlock both dead, and she was convinced the whole key system had failed. She had already called around and gotten a dealer quote that assumed a full replacement and a service appointment weeks out.

She mentioned she still had the original fob and that the van itself started fine every morning. That told me what I needed to know before I even arrived.

I met her in the parking area off one of the old streets near the Santa Rosa Valley side of Old Town. She handed me the fob and I could feel it was a little soft at the buttons, the kind of worn-out give that happens when a fob has been in a pocket for years. Popped it open and the CR2016 inside was showing 2.6 volts on my meter. Not flat dead, but too weak to fire the transmitter reliably. That gray zone is the part that confuses people because the voltage reading alone looks okay, but the fob needs clean power under load to hit the receiver at any real distance.

Fresh CR2016 in, snapped it shut, and it locked the van on the first press from across the lot. She laughed a little. The whole thing had taken about four minutes.

She had been ready to block out a weekday for a dealer run. What she actually needed was a battery and somebody who would come to her.

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