2009 Dodge Durango
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2009 Dodge Durango Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Out in Poinsettia, a woman called me about her 2009 Durango. She had one key left, and the plastic head had cracked along the seam where the blade folds in. The blade was fine. The remote still worked if she held it at a weird angle. But she was one bad morning away from the blade separating in the ignition, and she knew it.

She had already called the dealer. They told her the key had to be ordered, the vehicle had to come in, and she should expect to wait a few days for the part. She asked about cost and they hedged. She called me instead.

I carry blanks for these. The remote head key for the second-generation Durango is not exotic. I had what I needed in the van.

I cut the new blade matched to her existing lock profile, so her door locks and ignition would read it the same as the original. Then I programmed it through the OBD port. On a 2009, the immobilizer enrollment is handled at the port without any gateway interference, and as long as you have working key in hand to use as a seed, the add-a-key process runs clean. I registered the new key while keeping her cracked original active so she had two working keys for the first time in years.

She held both of them and said she forgot what it felt like to have a spare.

The whole thing happened in her driveway. No tow, no appointment, no waiting on a part that had to ship from somewhere.

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