2017 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2017 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Got a call from someone stuck at Lake Casitas Recreation Area in Ventura, parked near the launch ramp with a 2017 Evoque that would not respond to anything. No lock chirp, no start, dashboard reading "KEY NOT DETECTED." He had been fishing since early morning, came back to a dead fob, and the dealer told him tow it in and expect three to five business days.

He sounded tired. Not angry, just done.

I drove out and found the Evoque sitting with the windows cracked and a cooler on the roof. He handed me the fob and it was obvious right away. The CR2032 was toast. But here is the thing: he said he had replaced that battery himself two months ago. Popped the fob open on the hood and found a no-name cell reading 2.6 volts. Should be 3.0 or better. Cheap battery, dead early.

Swapped in a fresh Duracell CR2032, reseated the blade key, and the passive entry picked up immediately. Doors unlocked from the handle. Start button fired clean. Walked every function: lock, unlock, tailgate, panic, all five buttons on the KOBJTF10A.

Then I spent a few minutes on the real fix. Paired a backup fob to the KVM through OBD so he would not be stranded with a single point of failure again. The whole thing took maybe 25 minutes in the parking lot.

He said he almost called a flatbed. That would have been a long ride back with an empty cooler and a bad mood.

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