Key Duplication in North Vancouver

Duplication means one working key exists and you want a second. It is cheaper and quicker than originating a key from nothing, and it is all this page covers.

A spare transponder key is $180-$240 cut and programmed at your vehicle. A spare proximity smart key is $300-$420. Arrival is 25-35 minutes across North Vancouver. If no key works any more, that is car key replacement in North Vancouver. If you want house, office or padlock keys copied, that is key cutting in North Vancouver.

Everywhere else, a spare key is insurance. On the North Shore it is closer to a necessity, because of where the first key usually goes missing.

A single-key household that loses it at Quarry Rock, on Mount Seymour or off a dock at Deep Cove is stranded at a trailhead with an immobilised car and no way to move it except a tow across a bridge. A second key in a bag turns that into a phone call to whoever is at home. Cut in advance in your own driveway, it is $180-$240 for a transponder. Built from nothing in a dark lot, it is $180 plus the key type, and possibly a manufacturer security delay of 10 to 60 minutes sitting in the rain.

Transponder keys. The blade is cut to your original or to code and the chip is written to the immobiliser so the car starts on both keys. Honda, Toyota, Ford, GMC and Chrysler are routine.

Remote head keys. Blade, chip and buttons in one piece. Cut, programmed, and the lock and unlock functions paired and tested before we leave.

Proximity smart keys. There is no blade to copy, so the fob is paired through the diagnostic port at $300-$420, and the emergency blade inside it is cut to your door lock so a flat battery is not a lockout.

Batteries and shells. A remote that has gone unreliable is very often a tired cell or a cracked shell, not a failing key. We will say so instead of selling a key you do not need. Fobs, shells and blanks are stocked at the shop under automotive keys, and per-make notes are on Honda, Nissan and Hyundai.