2005 Toyota Highlander
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2005 Toyota Highlander Transponder Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

A guy called me from a parking area off Mission Canyon Road in Santa Barbara at close to 9pm on a weeknight. His only key was gone. He had checked pockets, retraced his steps through the building, walked the sidewalk twice. Nothing. He was already looking up tow companies because he did not know what else to do.

First thing I asked him: do you have your VIN? He did not know where to find it. I told him to walk to the driver's side of the windshield and look at the base of the glass near the dash. He read it off to me while I was already pulling what I needed. I also had him check his insurance app on his phone, which had the registration info attached. That was enough.

By the time I got to him I had the right blank ready to cut. We worked under the parking lot lights. Cut the blade to his vehicle, programmed the transponder, tested ignition. The car started clean on the first try.

He had been about twenty minutes from calling a tow just to move the car somewhere safer for the night. The dealer was closed, and even if it had not been, an all-keys-lost job would have meant leaving the car there anyway until they could fit it in. He drove home that night.

The VIN is the single most useful thing you can give me before I leave. Text it while you are still on the phone and the job moves faster.

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