2013 Scion FR-S
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2013 Scion FR-S Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

A guy camping near Ormond Beach in Oxnard called me on a Saturday afternoon. He had driven his 2013 FR-S out to a gravel lot, killed the engine, and somewhere between the car and the campsite his only fob disappeared. Checked every pocket, every bag. Gone.

The problem with an all-keys-lost situation on a push-to-start vehicle is that there is no backup ignition cylinder to cut around. The car sits there looking fine and it is completely locked out of itself. He had already called a dealer. They told him to tow it in, which meant finding a flatbed willing to come down a rutted gravel road, and waiting days for a service appointment.

I loaded up my gear and drove out to him. The job was not glamorous. Me, a gravel lot, a low sports car, and a laptop. I backed up the relevant module data first, ran the all-keys-lost sequence through the OBD port, and registered a new fob to the vehicle. One clean attempt. The car recognized it.

He pressed the start button and the engine came up. That moment after an all-keys-lost job, when the car just runs again and the owner is visibly relieved, is still the part of this work I like most.

He paid a fraction of what the dealer quoted, and he did not have to tow anything. The whole thing happened at his campsite. That is the job in one sentence.

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