2011 Toyota RAV4
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2011 Toyota RAV4
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She found me through a neighbor near Stearns Wharf, not far from the waterfront. Her 2011 RAV4 had been giving her grief for about two weeks. Mornings it started fine. By evening the push-button would sit there and do nothing, or it would start once and then refuse the next attempt an hour later. She had already been to another locksmith.
The previous fob looked right on the outside. Wrong on the inside. The chip that had been used was the wrong generation for this vehicle. Toyota's immobilizer does a surface-level check on registration, and a mismatched chip can pass that initial handshake well enough that everything seems fine for a few days. Then the system runs deeper verification across multiple start cycles and starts rejecting it. That is exactly what was happening to her. Not a wiring problem, not an antenna issue. Wrong chip.
I pulled the fob apart on the hood so she could see what I was doing. Confirmed the mismatch with my programmer. Cut and registered a new fob using the correct transponder generation matched to her vehicle. Swapped in a fresh CR1632 while I was in there, because the battery in the bad fob was already soft.
Then I did the walk-around I do on every Toyota Smart Key job: both door handle touch sensors, the lock button on each handle, every fob button, and a few start cycles back to back. Everything clean.
She asked if she should go back to the first locksmith. I told her it happens, chip generations are easy to mix up if your database isn't current. The important thing was that her key worked now, and would keep working. The dealer had quoted her a number that made her wince. What she paid me was a fraction of that, and she was done in under an hour in her own parking spot.
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“Needed a replacement key fob for my Toyota in Oxnard. EZ Car Keyz came to my driveway, cut the key, programmed it, and verified everything worked. Excellent mobile auto locksmith service for lost keys, fobs, and car lockouts in Oxnard. Professional and fast.”
“This company was able to come out same day and fix my ignition lock for my Toyota. So happy with the service and the technician was super helpful. Even keyed the ignition to my door key.”
“IT Was quick, friendly and kept us informed of ETA. He got us in within 30 seconds of getting here! Marco unlocked our car and got us back on the road in no time.”
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