2000 Ford Crown Victoria
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2000 Ford Crown Victoria Transponder Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got a call from Silver Strand on a Wednesday morning. A guy had his 2000 Crown Victoria sitting in the driveway and wouldn't leave for work because he'd snapped his only key off in the door lock the night before. Half the blade was still in the cylinder. He'd already tried tweezers. He'd already tried a magnet. The broken piece was in deep.

I drove out to Oxnard, found the car on the street side of his property. First thing was extracting the broken blade from the door cylinder without damaging the lock. That part takes patience more than anything. Once that was clear, I decoded the lock to get the key cut specification so I could cut a new blade to match.

From there, the replacement key got cut and then enrolled to the vehicle security system through the OBD port. The whole job ran under an hour, start to finish, on his driveway.

He asked what the dealer would have done. Honestly, they'd have taken the car in, potentially replaced the lock cylinder instead of extracting the broken piece, ordered the key blank, and scheduled programming. Two to three days, minimum. He was backing out of his driveway by mid-morning.

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