2008 Pontiac Solstice
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2008 Pontiac Solstice Transponder Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Got a call from a guy near Oakbrook Plaza in Thousand Oaks. He had a 2008 Solstice GXP sitting in his driveway with one key left, and the plastic head on that key was cracked down the middle from years of pocket duty. He had been holding it together with electrical tape.

He told me he almost lost the transponder chip out of the housing twice. Once in a parking lot, once in his couch cushion. That second time he spent forty minutes digging through the couch before he found the little glass pellet sitting under a penny.

I got there, pulled his working key, and used it as the cut reference for a fresh Strattec 5912547 blank. Cut the new blade on the van, then ran PK3+ programming through the OBD-II port. The BCM picked up the new transponder on the first pass. Ten-minute security relearn cycle, then a clean start.

He turned the new key, the security light on the dash went solid for a beat, then off. Engine fired. He just sat there with the car running, looking at his old taped-up key like he finally had permission to throw it away.

Whole thing, maybe twenty-five minutes at his driveway. He kept his original key as a backup and now has a fresh one that is not held together by tape and luck.

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