Why you should always try a Car Key Replacement locksmith

Dealerships are always seen as the easy option – they know your car and can always do a great job. Right?

Not always. Most dealerships nowadays are raising prices and looking for ways to upsell or outright charge you more. Dealerships always take a long time to do jobs such as replace keys. Plus, they can’t come to you, meaning that if you’re stuck with no keys, you need to pay to tow your car to them.

Locksmiths are much more convenient than dealerships and they tend to be much cheaper as well. A locksmith comes to you and can get you back on the road a lot sooner. And they’re not interested in getting you to upgrade a new car and simply get you back on the road with a new set of keys.

Yes, the dealership does look like the ‘safe’ place to take your car to, but they’re not always the smartest choice. Especially if you’re looking for car keys near you.

The other thing you’ve got to remember is the difference between transponder keys and key fobs. Transponder keys the actual physical keys which you use to start the engine. While the key fobs are the little remote control units which feature buttons to lock and unlock the car and even open the trunk.

Very new cars (5 years and under) often have the key and fob combined as one unit but when you lose them the problem is always the same:

You have to clarify to the dealership which component you’ve actually lost.

Losing a key fob is often easy enough to replace. Sure, fob needs to be reprogrammed to your vehicle but it’s a lot more simple and straightforward than getting a new key.

If you’re speaking to a locksmith, chances are they know that you’ve lost your keys (especially if you’ve locked yourself out.). But sometimes dealerships can make the mistake of thinking you are looking for a key fob not an actual key replacement.

Get more than one set of spare keys made

If you’ve lost all, or the only, keys to your car, then of course you’re going to get at least one set of keys made for your car.

But if you’re already going to all that trouble of getting the key cut and coded. Then just spend a little extra and get a second or even three sets of keys made. Sure it may cost a little more now, but it will no doubt be cheaper than going back to the locksmith (or dealership) if you lose your keys again.