2001 Ford Windstar
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2001 Ford Windstar Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

A guy in Ventura, over in the Loma Vista neighborhood, called because his 2001 Windstar was stuck on the second level of an underground parking garage at his condo. Tight turns, low ceiling. No flatbed was getting down there.

He had already called the dealer. They told him to figure out how to get the van to them first. He couldn't. No working key. Classic dead end.

I parked on the street and walked down the ramp with my bag. His original remote head key, the OUCD6000022 three-button style, was gone. All keys lost. So I pulled the PATS data through the OBD-II port with my VVDI2, registered a fresh 4C transponder chip, and cut a new H75 blade to match the lock on site. Then I built the remote head, dropped in a CR2032, and programmed the remote functions.

The part nobody talks about: the PATS system on these has a mandatory security timer during an all-keys-lost procedure. You wait. There is no skipping it. So I stood in a concrete garage for ten minutes watching a blinking dash light while the van decided to trust its new key.

It did. He drove out on his own. The whole thing took about 40 minutes from the time I walked down that ramp. The dealer would have needed the van delivered to them first, which was the one thing he could not do.

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