Car keys
Car Keys
Automotive locksmithing is done beside the car with equipment carried in the van: key cutters, programmers, decoders and lockout tools. That means the vehicle does not need to move, which matters when it will not start.
Which one do I need?
- Your toddler is buckled in the back seat, the doors locked when you shut yours, and your keys are on the front seat beside your phone.Car Lockout Service
- The car is yours now, but somebody else still holds a key to it.Car Key Replacement
- One key opens the car, starts the car, and rides in one pocket every day.Spare Car Key Duplication
- A replacement fob just arrived in its box, shiny and untouched.Key Fob Programming
- The car came with a single key when the sale went through, and that key is the only thing standing between the household and being stranded.Transponder Key Programming
- Half the key is still in your hand.Ignition Lock Repair
Car Keys
Car, van and motorcycle keys: replacements, spares, fob and transponder programming, ignition and door-lock repair.
Car Lockout Service
Cold, ice and salt
In winter the assessment starts with the weather. Frost around a door cylinder, a key that stops partway in, or a door that will not swing even unlocked all point to ice rather than a fault with the lock. Salt crust in a keyway, common on a car parked near a busy road, stiffens the wafers.
A fob that worked yesterday and fails on a minus-twenty morning can have a tired coin battery, though radio interference, a flat car battery or fob damage produce the same symptom and are checked too. The locksmith checks these so the opening is de-icer, warmth and a fresh battery rather than force, and the car is treated after to shrug off the next freeze.