Car keys
Car Keys
A rental car, a company van, a vehicle you are still paying off: each raises the question of who may authorise key work. We sort that out on the phone so the visit itself is straightforward.
Which one do I need?
- You pressed the fob at the office door and nothing happened.Car Lockout Service
- The key snapped at the head while you were turning it in a stiff, frosty door lock.Car Key Replacement
- The paperwork for the used car changed hands last week, and the previous owner mentioned, almost as an afterthought, that a second key never turned up.Spare Car Key Duplication
- A replacement fob just arrived in its box, shiny and untouched.Key Fob Programming
- Every key that ever opened the car is gone at once, one taken with a stolen bag, the spare misplaced months ago and never replaced.Transponder Key Programming
- The key slides in fine and turns without any resistance at all, and the dash lights flicker, but nothing catches.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.