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Q: Do I need to tow my car to the dealer if I have no working key?

No. Dealers will tell you the car has to come in, and for all-keys-lost that often means a flatbed, a service appointment, and waiting on a fob to be ordered if they don't have one on the shelf. We carry the equipment to handle this job in the field. The car stays where it is. We come to you, cut the blade, program the fob, and verify everything works before we leave. That's the whole point of a mobile service.

Q: How long does an all-keys-lost job take on the 2000 Lexus SC?

Once I'm connected to the car, the programming side on a vehicle this age typically runs well under thirty minutes. There's no extended factory countdown the way some newer push-button systems impose. Total on-site time from arrival to a tested, working key is usually around thirty to forty-five minutes depending on whether I'm cutting from code or decoding the lock. Compare that to the dealer path: tow, intake, parts availability, and a service queue that could stretch days.

Q: My 2000 SC remote works sometimes and not others. Is the fob failing or is it the car's receiver?

On a car this age, intermittent remote function is usually the fob before it's the receiver. The CR1616 cell loses voltage gradually, and there's a window where it's not quite dead but range drops to a few feet and response gets inconsistent. Start by replacing the CR1616 and confirming it's the correct cell seated properly with clean contact points. If a fresh battery doesn't fix it, the next suspect is the receiver in the car itself.

Q: Can I program a replacement remote head key myself on the 2000 Lexus SC?

No DIY sequence on this one. Unlike some late-90s and early-2000s Toyotas that had an onboard add-a-key relearn you could do with an ignition cycling trick, the 2000 SC remote head key requires a programmer to register the fob to the immobilizer. If you bought a replacement key unit online, you still need a tech with the right equipment to pair it to your car.

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I got a call from a guy in East Simi Valley, over near the Royal Avenue side. He'd already paid someone to fix his 2000 Lexus SC key situation and it still wasn't right.

The other locksmith had gotten the remote partially working, but the lock button would respond and the unlock wouldn't, or it'd be reversed depending on which direction he was standing. He couldn't tell if it was the fob, the car's receiver, or something in how the key was programmed.

He asked me on the phone how to tell a legitimate locksmith from someone who just bought a $40 program tool and started running ads. I gave him my BSIS license number right there. He looked it up on the state site before I even finished the sentence. That's the right move. Any tech working in California should hand that over without hesitating.

When I got to the car, the first thing I did was open the remote head key housing and check the CR1616. It was seated, but the positive contact had a slight upward bow from whoever had been in there before me. Enough to cause intermittent connection, not enough to look obviously wrong. I cleaned the contacts, corrected the bow, and seated a fresh CR1616.

After that I ran through the full remote function check at the car, both doors, the trunk, and the panic. Everything came back clean. The programming itself was fine. The previous tech had done that part correctly. The whole issue was a bent battery contact from a sloppy open.

He'd been told he needed a full replacement fob. He didn't. The job took about twenty minutes, and he saved a good chunk compared to what the dealer had quoted him for a new key unit.

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I lost all my keys to my 2000 Lexus SC. Can you still make a new one?▼

Yes, all-keys-lost on this car is a job we handle on site. The 2000 SC uses a remote head key, so the replacement has to be both cut to your vehicle and programmed to the immobilizer. We bring the tools to do both in one visit. The lost keys get cleared out of the system so they can no longer start the car. No tow, no appointment, no waiting on a parts order.