Chrysler Key Replacement in Denver

Chrysler is a considerably smaller badge than it once was, but the Pacifica keeps it firmly in our week regardless, and the reason is simple enough: a minivan that will not open is not an inconvenience in the way a second car is, it is a household that cannot leave the house at all, with somewhere to be and no way of getting there. Car Key Replacement Denver CO programs Chrysler keys and fobs at the vehicle, and the equipment that covers Dodge, Jeep and Ram covers these just as well, since all four share the same underlying security family.

We service all Chrysler models including cutting and programming new key fobs for the Town & Country, Voyager and Pacifica.

Which Chrysler Key You Have

Older vehicles take a bladed transponder key with the chip set into the head, the years after that moved across to fobs, and current Pacificas carry proximity units holding the remote functions and the engine identity together in one shell. As across the rest of the family, the module storing those identities has migrated out from around the ignition and now sits behind the dash, which has consequences that turn up further down this page and catch a great many owners out when they do.

Sliding Doors That Stopped Answering

The most frequent Pacifica call by a very wide margin is a fob that still starts the van perfectly well but has given up on the sliding doors or the power liftgate, and that does not sound urgent at all until you are stood in a lot loading two children and a stroller during severe weather. There are two causes and they produce an identical symptom. A weakening coin cell drops the heavier functions first while holding back just enough for the immobilizer, so the van still starts while the doors do nothing. A cracked solder joint underneath one particular button does the same thing from an entirely different direction. Both are ordinary fob repairs and both cost considerably less than a replacement unit.

When the Van Refuses Keys That Worked Yesterday

After battery or electrical work a Chrysler can begin rejecting keys that were entirely fine the week before, and the instinct at that point is to assume something expensive has broken. Nothing has. No part has failed and no new fob is required, because the module simply lost what it was holding and the keys you already own need registering to the vehicle again. The technician establishes that before recommending anybody spends a penny. Where every key genuinely has gone, one is originated from the code held against your vehicle identification number, written in, and then tested with a full engine start and every door function before we finish, and nothing gets towed anywhere at any point.

Vans That Have Sat for a Few Weeks

Pacificas and Voyagers that go unused for a stretch, which happens more often than people expect with a second family vehicle, have a habit of coming back to life with a flat battery and a fob that appears to have died in sympathy with it. The fob is almost always perfectly healthy. What has actually happened is that the vehicle battery went flat enough for the module holding the key identities to lose them, and the fix is registration instead of replacement. Before buying anything at all, get the car battery properly charged and then have the keys looked at, in that order instead of the other way round, because reversing the two wastes a visit and teaches you nothing.

Chrysler keys and fobs are cut, programmed and tested on site, and it is worth asking about a second key while the specialist is still with you. Contact our local service line with your license and registration to hand.