2016 Kia Optima
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County
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2016 Kia Optima
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2016 Kia Optima Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional
Out in the Montalvo neighborhood in Ventura, a guy who sells aftermarket auto parts at the local swap meet was locked out of his own 2016 Kia Optima on a Sunday. He had one smart key left, and it stopped working mid-afternoon.
He sells parts for a living. He knows what a transponder is, what an immobilizer does. But an old forum post had him convinced the smart key on the fourth-gen Optima was dealer-only programming. He almost called it a day and waited for Monday.
I met him in the lot between my other calls. Pulled the PIN from his car through the OBD port, generated the ID47 proximity chip with my VVDI Key Tool, and loaded it into a new TQ8-FOB-4F08 shell. Programmed, paired, tested. Lock, unlock, trunk, push-button start. All four buttons, both doors, the trunk release from outside.
He watched the whole thing from about two feet away. At one point he just said, "That's it?" Yeah. That is it.
His old dead fob got erased from the system so it cannot start the car if it turns up later. The whole thing took about 25 minutes. He went back to selling parts. The Optima does not care whether its key was programmed in a dealer bay or a swap meet parking lot.
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“My car keys were stolen on a cold evening and Nick drove all the way out to Santa Barbara. He got into my car, made a new key, and charged $100 less than another company. Friendly, skilled, trustworthy, and genuinely caring. Nick is a hero.”
“Tim is a hero. He programmed a master proximity key for a newer Volkswagen that multiple locksmiths refused to touch. He spent hours until late at night making sure every function worked perfectly. The skill level here is incredible.”
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