2003 Kia Sedona
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2003 Kia Sedona MECHANICAL-KEY Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Got a call from a guy near Cemetery Memorial Park in Ventura. His 2003 Sedona had one key left and it was worn so thin you could practically see through the cuts. He said the ignition had been getting harder to turn for a couple months, and that morning it just spun without catching the wafers.

When I got there he was sitting on the bumper reading something on his phone about replacing the whole ignition cylinder. He looked like he had already mentally spent the money.

I checked the key first. The cuts were rounded off to almost nothing. The original profile was KI03, but what he handed me barely resembled one. I pulled the key code from the door lock, cut a fresh KI03 blank on my machine in the van, and tried it in the ignition. Turned smooth on the first go.

He stood there for a second, then looked at the old key, then back at me. "That's it?"

That was it. No transponder. No computer. No programming. Just a clean cut on a fresh blank matching the factory depths. The 2003 Sedona does not have an immobilizer system, so there is nothing electronic between the key and the engine starting. A worn key was the whole problem.

He had already called a dealer in Oxnard. They quoted him a wait of several days and wanted him to bring the vehicle in. I was done in about fifteen minutes, parked behind his van.

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