Everything is done at the car.
Year, make and model, and whether you still have one working key.
ID with the registration or title; a key is never made without it.
First the blade, shaped to your locks; then the chip or remote, introduced to the car's computer.
Doors, ignition or start button, every remote button: all tried with you watching.
With one key left, a copy is quick. With none, it takes longer, but it's still done at the car.
A copy made from a working key is the easiest version of this job, which is why it's worth doing before the last key goes missing. A push-to-start fob can be added the same way while you still have one.
A few recent models, mostly some European makes, still need their dealer. You'll hear that on the call.
Plenty of cars here sit in a garage from spring to fall while their owners are up north. When the owners come back, a fob battery has died, a key has gone missing in the move, or the house watcher needs a key to start the car now and then.
A copy made before you leave for the summer, kept with whoever looks after the house, saves a scramble later. A fresh fob battery at the same time heads off the other common problem.
Have the registration or title and your license ready, and the car where the technician can reach the driver's door. You're left with keys that open, start and lock the car, tested with you, and a clear idea of how many keys exist.
Yes. The blade is cut and the chip is paired to your car, so the copy starts it, not just opens it.
Then the new one is made from the lock itself and set up to the car right where it's parked.
Yes. Tell us the lot and where the car is.
Yes, for most makes on the road.
Your ID and the registration or title.
Usually the chip isn't being read. It's checked before any new key is made.
Not long once the technician is at the car; lost-key jobs take longer.
Yes. It's free, and it comes first.
Often the fob battery is flat, or the car's own battery is. Both are checked before a new fob is programmed, because a charged car and a fresh battery solve it more often than people expect.
Yes. Used cars often come with a single key; a second one is cut and paired, and any keys the seller kept can be removed from the car's memory.
Yes. Tell us which lot and the row, and have your parking receipt handy along with the registration.
The key or the ignition is worn. A new key cut to match the lock as it was made, rather than copied from the worn one, usually fixes it; if the ignition is at fault, you hear that first.
With a copy of the key, yes. Many owners leave one with the house watcher so the car gets started now and then and its battery stays up.
Many golf carts run on simple keys that are quick to copy. Tell us the make when you call, and let the gatehouse know we're coming.
One call and we get a tech dispatched to you.
