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Q: Do I need to tow my Dodge to the dealer?

No. Dealers will tell you to tow it in when all keys are lost because their programming equipment lives in the service bay. Add a tow bill on top of the key cost, then wait for a service appointment, and it turns into a long, expensive day. We come to the vehicle wherever it is.

Q: What do I need to prove I own the vehicle?

A valid photo ID and proof of ownership. Registration or title works. We pull the VIN from the dashboard plate or the door jamb and verify it matches your paperwork before we start anything. Dealers require the same documents and have turned people away for mismatched names or for bringing only a photo of the registration instead of the physical copy. If you have a title in a slightly different name than your ID, have an explanation ready.

Q: I bought a replacement fob online. Can I program it myself or do I need a tech?

You need a tech with the right equipment. There is no button sequence or ignition-cycling trick to pair a new smart key on the 2012 Charger. The immobilizer enrollment has to go through the diagnostic port with professional programming tools. The fob you bought online may be a perfectly good unit, and if it is the correct one for your vehicle we can program it when we come out. You will not have wasted the purchase.

Q: My Charger starts fine but the remote buttons stopped working. Is the fob dead?

Not necessarily. If the car still starts, the transponder side of the key is alive. Remote functions and ignition are separate. First thing to check is the CR2032. A battery that tests fine on a basic meter can still be too weak to transmit reliably. Swap it for a fresh one, seat it firmly so both contacts are solid, and retest every button.

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I got a call from a woman in Sunset Hills who needed a spare key for her 2012 Dodge Charger. She had one working key and no backup. She had already called the dealer and gotten a quote that made her pause, and a neighbor who had used me before suggested she reach out.

She was in the driveway when I pulled up. The Charger was running fine, original key working, so this was a clean add-a-key job, no drama on her end.

I pulled the existing fob so she could see what we were working with. The housing had a hairline crack along the seam, barely visible, and one of the buttons had a soft, sunken feel. The board itself read fine on my programmer. We put a fresh shell together for the spare and programmed it through the diagnostic port, confirmed the immobilizer accepted the new key, and ran all five buttons twice.

The whole thing took about thirty minutes in her driveway. She mentioned what the dealer had quoted and kind of laughed when I told her what she owed. She got a functioning spare and a better housing than the cracked one still on her daily driver.

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I am locked out with no spare key. Can you come to me?▼

Yes. Call us and we come to wherever the Charger is sitting in Sunset Hills or anywhere in Thousand Oaks. Locked out of a 2012 Charger is a standard job. We carry the tooling to open it without damage and the equipment to cut and program a replacement key on site if you need one made that day. One thing worth knowing: some owners try the Uconnect remote-unlock service first.