2012 Dodge Challenger
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2012 Dodge Challenger Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got a call from a guy parked near Coast Village in Montecito, right off the main drag. He had his 2012 Challenger sitting in a lot and the fob had been getting flaky for a week.

Range was down to about three feet, the lock button was inconsistent, and that morning the car threw a key-not-detected warning when he sat down and tried to start it. He had swapped the battery himself the week before, which is the right instinct, just done a little fast.

When I got there I pulled the fob apart on the hood. The CR2032 he had installed was the right battery, but one of the contact clips had a slight outward bow from when the old battery was pried out. It was making contact, barely, and only when the fob was held a certain way. That kind of intermittent connection will mimic a failing fob almost perfectly. I straightened the clip, seated a fresh battery correctly, and snapped it back together.

Then I walked every button. Lock, unlock, and all five, twice from across the lot. The warning cleared, range came back to a normal distance, start worked clean.

He had already called the dealer before he called me. They told him to bring it in and plan on leaving it. Between the diagnostic fee, the part, and the programming labor, he was looking at spending real money and losing the car for at least a day or two. He saved a good chunk by calling a mobile tech first, and the whole thing was done before he finished his coffee.

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