2017 Subaru Outback
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2017 Subaru Outback Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

A kayaker in the beach lot just outside Downtown Santa Barbara lost his only key somewhere between the launch ramp and his car. He searched for thirty minutes, checked with the lifeguard station, walked the shoreline twice. Nothing. His 2017 Outback was sitting there locked, and he was already doing the math on a tow to the dealer and a long wait. He called me instead.

I drove out that afternoon. The lock decode came first. Reading the lock cylinder let me cut a working blade without ever having the original, so I could get into the car before anything else. Once I was in, I connected through the OBD port and ran the all-keys-lost sequence. The immobilizer reset cleared every previously registered key, which matters because his lost fob would no longer start the car even if someone found it later. Then the new fob registered as the only key on the vehicle.

He watched the whole thing from the tailgate of the car next to his, still in his wetsuit. When the engine turned over, he just said "that's it?" That's it.

He saved a good chunk compared to what the dealer would have run, and there was no tow, no module shipping, no waiting days for parts. Forty-five minutes in a parking lot and he drove home.

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