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The main factor of car key replacement cost is whether or not you have an existing key. This article is focusing on the cost to duplicate a car key, meaning you have one working key. If you’ve lost all keys, check out The Cost to Replace Lost Car Keys. Car Read More

Modern car key FOBs operate primarily over passive radio frequency identification (RFID), allowing the exchange of data from the FOB to the car through electromagnetic waves. For a vehicle to start using a FOB, the vehicle needs to recognize the key FOB as one that is authorized to start the Read More

“I’ve Lost my Car Keys” “Key origination” is the term locksmiths use to make a new key for a car when no key is currently available. When you’ve lost all of your car keys: Call your insurance company. They may pay for all or a portion of the cost to Read More

How to Get a Laser Cut Key Laser Cut Car Key If you’ve bought a newer vehicle in the last decade, you may have noticed your car key was remarkably different than your key from older vehicles. This newer key style is known as a ‘laser cut key’. Another name Read More

The Art of Programming Car Keys Automotive technologies have come a long way in the past 40 years, and the ignition system is one area where great changes have been made. Gone are the inexpensive mechanical-only keys which you can have made for under $10. Today’s vehicles integrate computer technology Read More

If you are currently locked out of you car right now, and trying to figure out how to get in cheaply, stop. Call your local automotive locksmith. The time you spend, money you spend, and damage you may cause to your car trying to get yourself in is not worth Read More

Here, we focus the cost to replace car keys when all of the car’s existing keys have been lost. Our article “Cost to Duplicate a Car Key” covers the cost for when you just need a spare key. Overview: The cost of replacing a car key varies by key type: Read More