2008 Mazda CX-7
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A preschool director in Oxnard, right near the RiverPark development, had been dealing with a 2008 CX-7 that was giving her a key-not-detected warning on and off all week. It wasn't dead every time. It would start fine two days in a row, then strand her in the parking lot while parents were pulling in. Her workaround was pressing the fob directly against the start button, holding it there, and hoping. That worked maybe sixty percent of the time. The other forty percent she was late.
She called the dealer. Four days out, plus she'd have to arrange her own tow since the car wasn't starting reliably.
I met her in the school lot during morning drop-off, tucked my van to the side so we weren't in the flow of traffic. Pulled the fob apart and found it right away: the negative battery clip had a slight outward bow to it, just enough that the CR2025 wasn't making consistent contact. The cell itself still had voltage, but the connection was floating. That's the kind of thing that fails on warm days and works fine when the car sits overnight in the cool air, which explained why she couldn't nail down a pattern.
I seated a fresh CR2025, corrected the clip, and verified every button function before calling it done. Lock, unlock, the full set. Then I confirmed the vehicle was reading the fob cleanly without her having to hold it anywhere near the column.
She had staff to brief before the eight o'clock rush. We were finished well before that. The dealer quote and the four-day wait were both off the table, for a fraction of what they were asking.
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