2024 Kia Forte
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County
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2024 Kia Forte
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Guy in Camino Real Park called about his 2024 Forte GT-Line throwing "Key Not Detected" errors. Started random, then constant. Fresh CR2032 didn't fix it.
When I got there, he showed me the dealer quote on his phone. They wanted the car for three days minimum, talking about ordering parts from Korea. His smart fob looked perfect from the outside, but these CQOFD00790 units have a known weak point.
I popped the fob open right on his driveway. The passive antenna wire that wraps around the board had worked loose at the solder point. Common on this model when the fob gets dropped. The remote buttons still worked fine because that's a separate circuit, but the push-start couldn't read the key.
Quick resolder, tested the passive response with my key tester, then ran through the full check. Push-start, remote functions, panic button, trunk release, all five buttons responding clean. The "Key Not Detected" message cleared immediately.
Twenty minutes total, including the test drive around Camino Real Park to verify everything stayed solid. He kept saying he couldn't believe it was that simple after the dealer made it sound like major surgery. Sometimes it really is just a tiny connection that needs attention, not a whole new smart key system.
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