2014 Toyota Corolla
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2014 Toyota Corolla Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

A guy in Mountclef Ridge had been nursing his 2014 Corolla along for about two weeks after the push-button start started acting up. He'd gotten into the habit of pressing the fob directly against the start button because the car stopped recognizing it from his pocket. He figured it was a quirk.

Then one afternoon he came out to a key-not-detected warning on the dash and the car wouldn't start at all. He called the dealer, got quoted a wait and a number he wasn't happy about, then found me.

I was on-site in Simi Valley before he finished his lunch. I checked the fob first. The CR1632 inside was original, still reading a little voltage but not enough for reliable proximity detection. The fob itself was fine. Clean contacts, no corrosion, no cracked case. Swapped the battery, seated it correctly, walked the door handles, tested push-button start from normal carry distance.

That was it. No new fob, no programming, nothing else. He'd been one battery away from a working car for two weeks and had almost paid the dealer rate for a replacement smart key he didn't need.

The whole stop was under fifteen minutes. He mentioned he'd seen a forum thread saying the 2014 Corolla smart key was dealer-only to replace if it ever did need one. I told him that part isn't true either, but we didn't need to go there that day.

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