2008 MINI Hardtop 2 Door
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2008 MINI Hardtop 2 Door Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Out in Sunset Hills last spring, I got a call from a guy who had been driving his 2008 MINI Hardtop as a daily for years. The remote had been getting flaky for months. He was already doing the walk-up-close-and-hold-it-near-the-door-handle thing just to get a lock response. Then one morning the key would not tell the car it was there at all, and he was stuck.

He had already been to a parts store and bought a replacement CR2032 and swapped it himself. That helped for maybe two days. Now the remote range was back to almost nothing and the car was throwing a key warning on the dash.

I met him in his driveway. Pulled the key apart, looked at the contacts, and the battery tray had a slight corrosion ring from an old battery that had sat in there past its prime. Cleaned it up, seated a fresh CR2032 with the contacts fully engaged, and ran the programming. The remote locked and unlocked from across the driveway on the first try. He walked the length of his car twice just testing it.

He had called the dealer before he called me. They quoted him a wait and a number that made him pause. Coming out to Sunset Hills and handling it on the spot ran him a fraction of that. He sent me a text that evening saying it was still working perfectly.

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