Car Key Replacement in Oakland

Losing the last key to a car is a dealer problem with a tow attached, or a curbside problem solved in under an hour. Estuary Lock & Key cuts and programs keys for Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Ford, Chevy, Hyundai, Kia, Subaru, Mazda and most European makes, wherever the car is: a garage under a Montclair house, the Coliseum BART lot, a street in Fruitvale, the long-term lot at OAK.

The van carries blanks, transponder chips and programming equipment. The tech reads the lock or pulls the code from the car's system, cuts the blade by code, and programs the chip to the immobilizer on the spot. Lost keys are erased from the car where the model supports it, so a key that turns up in someone else's pocket does not start the engine. Ownership is checked against ID and registration before any key is cut.

Replacement keys run $129 to $365. A basic transponder key for a common Japanese or domestic model is $129. Remote-head keys, newer rolling-code systems, and all-keys-lost jobs that require reading the immobilizer reach $365. The $89 service call is applied toward the total. Proximity fobs for push-button cars are priced under fob programming. Evening arrivals add $35 and overnight arrivals add $70.

Give the year, make, model and whether any key still exists. The rate is locked. A text names the tech, the van and the window. At the car: ownership check, key cut, chip programmed, lost keys erased, test of the doors, trunk and a start. Card or tap, receipt sent while the engine is running.