2014 Jeep Patriot
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2014 Jeep Patriot Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got a call from a woman in Leisure Village, the retirement community on the east side of Camarillo, on a weekday morning. Her 2014 Jeep Patriot was sitting in her covered carport and she had zero working keys.

Not a weak key, not a fob-only issue -- completely dead. The key had been getting finicky for about a week, she said, and then one morning it just stopped being recognized entirely. She'd already tried a new CR2032 and that hadn't changed anything.

She'd called the dealer first. They wanted the car towed in, and the appointment was three days out. She wasn't thrilled about that, so she found me.

I told her to leave it exactly where it was.

When I pulled up, she met me at the carport. The Patriot hadn't moved. I connected my programmer to the OBD port, ran through the all-keys-lost procedure -- which clears the old key data out of the immobilizer and registers fresh keys from scratch -- and had her new remote head key cut and programmed before her second cup of coffee was cold. Tested every button, turned the key in the ignition, confirmed the security light behavior was normal.

She kept asking if I needed to go inside the car or under the hood. Everything happened at the OBD port and on my cutting machine in the van. That part always surprises people who picture locksmiths drilling things.

She saved a good chunk compared to what the dealer had quoted her, and she didn't lose three days or pay for a tow. That's the usual story out here.

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