2002 Dodge Stratus
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2002 Dodge Stratus Transponder Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got a call from a guy parked at a motel off the highway in Fillmore, over in the Heritage Valley area. Construction worker, passing through on a job, single key to his name. It had stopped working sometime that afternoon and he had an early start the next morning.

He'd already called the dealer. They wanted the car towed in, couldn't see it until the next day, and quoted him a price that made him hesitate. Then he found me.

I met him in the motel lot that night. The blade was fine. The issue was the transponder side, the chip inside that key had stopped communicating with the immobilizer. Engine would crank, wouldn't stay running. Classic symptom on these.

I cut a new key blade to his vehicle, programmed the transponder chip to the immobilizer through the OBD port, and confirmed it started and idled clean before I packed up. The whole thing took under thirty minutes in the parking lot.

He paid a fraction of what the dealer quoted, didn't lose a workday, and didn't pay a tow. He was on the road to his jobsite the next morning like nothing happened.

That's the job. No drama, no waiting, done where the car sits.

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