2010 Ford Taurus
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2010 Ford Taurus Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

It was July, Old Town Goleta, a hospital parking lot baking in the afternoon heat. She called me because her 2010 Taurus fob had gone completely dark. No lock, no unlock, nothing. Her groceries were in the back seat. She told me the frozen stuff had maybe half an hour before it was gone.

She had already called the dealer. They told her tomorrow afternoon.

I was 20 minutes out.

When I got there, she was standing next to the car in the sun, pressing the fob button out of habit, the way people do when they already know it is not going to work. I got the door open, connected my diagnostic equipment to the OBD port, and started pulling up the key system. The battery in the fob was reading low enough to cause a full failure, and once I got the case open I could see the contacts had some corrosion on them. Not dramatic, just enough to kill the connection.

I had a replacement fob on the van. Programmed it on site, walked every button, confirmed the proximity function on the door handle, and made sure the ignition recognized it clean.

From her first call to her engine running was 47 minutes. The groceries made it. The dealer never called back to confirm the appointment.

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