2020 Ford Fusion
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2020 Ford Fusion Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Over in Thille/Montalvo, a guy called me around 9 at night. His 2020 Fusion was parked in the driveway and the fob had stopped talking to the car entirely. Not intermittent, not weak range. Nothing. The car would not acknowledge it at all.

He had already called the dealer. They told him to tow it in and plan for it to sit there a day, maybe two. He found me before he called the tow company, which is the right order.

I pulled up and connected to the OBD port. The all-keys-lost procedure on the Fusion's body control module has a timed countdown sequence built into it, so there is a waiting period mid-process where you just sit there. I explained that to him upfront so he did not think something had stalled out. He stood next to the car the whole time, watching. People either go inside or they hover. He hovered.

New fob, the dealer part number verified against the factory FCC ID on the unit, programmed and enrolled. Emergency insert key cut to the vehicle. Walked every function: door handle touch unlock on both front handles, the start button, lock and unlock from distance, the full button set. All of it working before I closed my case.

The dealer visit he was planning would have meant a tow charge, a day without his car, and a bill that made him wince when he mentioned it. Instead it was done in his driveway before 10pm. He seemed genuinely caught off guard that the whole thing happened that fast.

That is most of these jobs. The tow is the thing people assume is unavoidable. It usually is not.

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