A new car key is made at the car. Not at a counter, and not at a dealership two weeks Tuesday. That changes the order of things, so here's what the visit involves.
Year, make, model. And whether one working key survives. Those three answers between them decide which programmer comes out of the van, how long the coding takes, and whether this is a forty-minute job or an afternoon.
You'll be asked for the vehicle paperwork and your ID, and anyone who skips that has no business cutting car keys for a living - it's the one check standing between your car and whoever fancies it.
The new key is cut to the car, then taught to it. Tested before anyone signs anything.
Tested twice before anyone leaves. And if the old key is lost rather than broken, it can usually be erased, so whoever finds it has nothing.
No tow. Everything this job needs - the cutting machine, the blanks, the programmer that talks to your car's immobilizer - travels to wherever the car is standing, which is the whole reason a mobile locksmith exists.
Most of what is said about replacing a car key was true once and has not been for years.
Only the dealership can make a key for a modern car. For most cars, no. There are makes and model years where a dealer is genuinely the only route, and you would be told that on the call rather than after a wasted trip.
The car has to be towed somewhere. Very rarely. Everything needed rides with the technician, so the car stays where it is.
A spare made now is the same as one made later. The key is identical. The job is not: with a working key present it is a much shorter visit than starting from none.
The estimate is free, so finding out which of these applies to you is no commitment.
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