2010 Dodge Dakota
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2010 Dodge Dakota Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Out in Sunset Hills, a guy flagged me down through a parking lot in Thousand Oaks. He had his 2010 Dakota sitting at an odd angle between two spots and a look on his face that said the morning had not gone as planned.

He'd bought the truck used a couple years back with one key. Always meant to get a spare cut. Then the fob housing cracked somewhere along the way, he kept using it, and that morning the blade snapped off inside the ignition while he was trying to force it past the crack in the housing. He was holding the fob half in one hand and standing next to a truck he couldn't start.

The good news was the chip inside the broken housing was still intact. I could read it directly rather than treating this as an all-keys-lost job, which kept the whole thing moving quickly. I extracted the blade fragment from the ignition cylinder, decoded the lock, and got to work cutting fresh blades. The electronics from his original fob transferred into new shells, and I verified everything was reading correctly before I let him near the ignition.

Two working keys, about 40 minutes, on site in the parking lot. He texted his wife right there because she'd been waiting on him with the other car.

The dealer had been on his list for a while. He'd called them once and the number they gave him sent him looking for other options. He saved a good chunk going this route, and he finally had a spare.

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