1997 Ford Expedition
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

1997 Ford Expedition Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Over in the J Street Corridor, a guy had his 1997 Expedition sitting in a lot off the street. Key was gone. Not lost exactly - he knew roughly where it went, just not in a way that helped him. It went into the sand somewhere near the water, and after an hour of looking, the sand won.

He had already called a tow company. They were going to drag the truck to a dealer and he was going to wait until Monday. That was the plan until a neighbor told him to call me instead.

I got there that afternoon. The Expedition had been sitting in the sun and the door lock was stiff, which is normal for these. I worked the lock, decoded the wafer positions, and cut a blade to match. Tested the door. Smooth. Then I moved to the ignition cylinder, because on a truck this age with that kind of mileage, you do not assume the ignition and the door match. They were close but not identical - the ignition had worn a couple of positions differently. I decoded it separately and cut a second key specifically for the ignition.

He watched the whole thing from a few feet away, not saying much. When I turned the key and the engine started, he just nodded slowly, the way people do when something they thought was a two-day problem wraps up in an afternoon.

He drove out of that lot with two working keys. No tow, no Monday appointment, no dealer waiting room.

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