2004 Pontiac GTO
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2004 Pontiac GTO Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

A call came in from Hot Springs, over in Montecito. The owner of a 2004 GTO had snapped the key at the bow, right where the plastic remote housing meets the blade. The blade half was still inside the ignition cylinder. The fob half was in his hand, useless on its own.

He'd already called the dealer. They told him to have it towed in, said they'd need to order the part, and quoted him a wait that stretched into the following week. He wasn't interested in any of that.

I pulled up with the van, got the broken blade fragment out of the cylinder without damage, and cut a fresh remote head key to match his vehicle. Then I connected to the OBD port and programmed the transponder. Start-up on the first try. Buttons tested on both doors before I packed up.

The whole job was done in his driveway. He never moved the car. He saved a good chunk compared to what the dealer wanted, and he had a working key the same morning he called.

The broken-blade call is one of the messier ones because you're doing two jobs at once: extraction and replacement. But it's also one of the most satisfying, because the car goes from completely dead to fully functional in one visit.

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