2016 Lexus GX
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2016 Lexus GX Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

She was in the South Surfside area of Port Hueneme, outside a specialist's office, loading her father into the back seat. He was in a wheelchair. It was close to 6pm. The GX just sat there. No response to the fob, nothing on the start button, not even a click from the doors.

She tried holding the fob directly against the start button, which is the backup method on these when the battery is nearly dead. Still nothing. The dealer was already closed. She found me and called.

When I got there I opened the fob first before touching the car. The CR1632 had a thin layer of corrosion on the positive contact, enough to break the circuit. The fob looked fine from the outside. You would never know without cracking it.

I sourced a fresh blank keyed to the factory spec for her vehicle, ran the registration sequence through the diagnostic port, and tested all four buttons plus the door handle touch points and the start button. Everything came up clean. I also verified the old fob was properly cleared from the system so it could not be used to access the vehicle.

From her call to the engine running was 48 minutes. Her father got home in his own seat, in his own car. No second ride, no transferring a wheelchair into something unfamiliar.

The dealer came up once, briefly, when she mentioned she had almost called them in the morning. She saved a good chunk by not waiting.

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