My key got stuck near the HUD
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Hard to visualize. Maybe popping the windshield would create better access?
That is a bizarre plan of action from the dealer. If necessary, the entire dashboard can be dismantled without breaking anything.
Can you share any details or pictures? Perhaps someone in the group will have a less destructive suggestion.
Worst case, maybe you can just obtain a spare key and leave it there. Your other key will lock the doors even with that key inside, so the only security downside is that if the car is left unlocked, someone can start it. When the battery dies, that problem goes away.
buddhaauthor
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You have a second key, right? Use that for now and get a new second key reprogrammed at a dealership. (I would strongly suggest NOT the dealership you are in conversation with now.) I just did this having lost both my keys (don't be me!). If you find a competent locksmith, the whole cost should be somewhere around $300. If you don't have a second key, get two new ones, which should be around $500. That's a lot, but it beats breaking your dashboard which just sounds like a terrible idea.
The screen cluster rose up when I placed my key on the dashboard, and it fell down afterward.
