2021 Ford Ranger
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2021 Ford Ranger Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Strathearn is a quiet part of Simi Valley, older homes, tight driveways, the kind of neighborhood where parking is a solved problem until it suddenly isn't.

A Ranger owner there called on a Saturday afternoon. One fob had died a few weeks earlier and he had been getting by on the second one. Then that one started acting up. Touch unlock on the driver door was inconsistent, the fob range had shrunk to almost nothing, and that morning the dash threw a key-not-detected warning when he tried to leave for work. He made it out but he wasn't confident he'd make it back in.

He had already priced the dealer. They were closed Saturday afternoons, and the earliest appointment was midweek. Parts would need to be confirmed in stock before they'd commit to a same-day turn. He was looking at leaving the truck there overnight and arranging a ride both ways.

I was in Simi Valley already. I pulled up, opened the fob on the tailgate, and the CR2450 inside had a faint haze on the positive face. Not dead, just tired enough to cause exactly what he was seeing. Swapped the cell, cleaned the contacts, and reseated everything. Touch unlock came right back.

He still wanted a backup fob built. Smart call. I cut the blade to the vehicle, programmed the new fob through the diagnostic port, and walked every button and both door handles before I called it done.

The whole job was done in his driveway. He didn't move the truck, didn't take a day off work, and paid a fraction of what the dealer would have charged just for the appointment slot.

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