2009 Kia Optima
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2009 Kia Optima Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got a call from a woman staying at an extended stay hotel off the 101 corridor in Oxnard, over near Blackstock. Traveling nurse, mid-shift rotation, and her only key to the 2009 Kia Optima had stopped being recognized by the car. Doors were unlocking inconsistently, and the car wasn't starting. The hotel front desk handed her the dealer's number. The dealer told her to tow it in, said they could look at it the following afternoon, and quoted her a number that made her stomach drop.

She found me online and called instead.

I drove to her hotel that same evening. The fob itself looked fine from the outside. I popped it open on the hood of my van and checked the CR2032 first. It was reading low on my meter, not dead, just soft enough to cause exactly the kind of intermittent grief she'd been dealing with. Fresh battery, contacts cleaned, housing snapped back together.

Then I ran through everything methodically. Door lock, door unlock, the full button set, and the start sequence. The car recognized the fob cleanly every time.

She didn't need a new key programmed. She didn't need a tow. She needed the right person to show up, do the diagnostic work properly, and not skip steps. That's the job. She was back on her feet the same night, for a fraction of what the dealer quoted, without losing a day off her schedule.

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