2018 Kia Sedona
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2018 Kia Sedona Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

A retired mail carrier near Dos Vientos Community Park had a 2018 Sedona and wanted a spare smart key. He had called the Kia dealer already. They told him to bring the van in, leave it, and come back the next day. Between the key, the programming fee, and the cut, it was going to run him a good chunk of money and a full day without his vehicle.

His neighbor had used me before and passed my number along.

I pulled up to his driveway and got to work on the hood of the Sedona. The 2018 runs the SMARTRA3 immobilizer, and Kia locks the PIN code behind a 20-digit security sequence tied to the VIN. My Smart Pro reads that PIN through the OBD-II port on the driver's side. Once I had it, the key learn procedure took the new SY5YPFGE06 fob through its handshake with the PCU and registered it to the van.

Cut the emergency insert blade on a KIA3 profile, tested every button, walked both sliding doors and the hatch, checked passive entry on the driver and passenger handles. He stood in the driveway watching me go door to door like I was doing a house inspection.

Whole thing took about 30 minutes. He kept the van in his own driveway the entire time.

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