2018 Nissan Altima
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Over in Oxnard Auto Center, a guy working on a truck at one of the yard lots snapped his 2018 Altima key blade right in the ignition. Half the blade jammed in the cylinder, other half sitting in his palm. He tried wiggling it and stopped himself, which was the smartest move he made all day.
I got out there and used a DAT17 Lishi to slide in alongside the broken piece without bending the wafers. Extracted it clean. Then I decoded the lock directly off the cylinder readings and cut a fresh emergency insert blade from those numbers.
His Intelligent Key fob, the KR5S180144014 with five buttons, was fine. Still in his pocket, still talking to the car. The issue was just the physical blade and the immobilizer registration for the new cut. I ran the transponder programming through the OBD port. The NATS6 system on these 2018 Altimas uses Hitag AES encryption, so it needs a handshake with Nissan's server through a Consult III Plus R2R session. One registration cycle, chip accepted, done.
He sat on a bumper and ate a gas station burrito while I worked. Didn't say much until the engine turned over, then just nodded like he expected it to work all along.
Under an hour, start to finish. Dealer route would have meant a tow out of that lot plus days of waiting. A snapped blade at a junkyard looks bad. For the Altima's Intelligent Key setup, it is one of the cleaner jobs I run.
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“Tim went above and beyond. I struggled all day trying to program a new FOB and nothing worked. Tim helped me patiently, even recommending cheaper options since I was on a tight budget. He eventually came all the way to Ojai late at night and fixed everything.”
“My key fob stopped working while I was at Oxnard Harbor and I thought I was going to need a tow. EZ Car Keyz showed up fast, programmed a new fob, checked everything carefully, and made sure the car was fully functional before leaving.”
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