Car Keys Cut and Coded at the Roadside
Losing the only key to a car used to mean a tow truck and a dealership booking. Master Locksmith brings the cutting and coding equipment out to wherever the vehicle is standing — whether the key is gone entirely, shut inside the car, or you simply want a second one made before the first goes missing. Have the registration and your proof of ownership ready when you call, because both get checked before any key is coded to a vehicle.
Transponder and electronic keys are dealt with the same way. An existing key makes the job quicker, but it is not a requirement — the vehicle's immobiliser can be read and a fresh key written to it where no original has survived.
Which Car Keys We Can Make
- Genuine remote keys
- Smart keys
- Aftermarket non-remote keys
- Transponder and electronic keys
- Key fob programming and repairs
- Ignition repairs and replacements
Programming Done at the Vehicle, Not the Dealership
The vans carry diagnostic equipment that talks to a vehicle's immobiliser directly, so a transponder or remote can be written to the car exactly where it stands. On most common models that removes both the recovery truck and the wait for a workshop slot. The blade itself is cut to the lock's own code, then tested in the door and the ignition before it is handed over.
Keys shut inside, or gone altogether? Call us — we come out to the car.
Call 082 950 1501Automotive Jobs We Take On
- Car lockouts — non-destructive entry
- Lost car key replacement
- Transponder key cutting and programming
- Remote key duplication and programming
- Smart key and proximity key services
- Ignition lock repair and replacement
- Broken key extraction
- Emergency 24/7 automotive assistance
Why Choose Master Locksmith for Your Vehicle?
Being shut out of a car at the side of a road is a good deal worse than being shut out at home, and it gets worse again after dark. Our units run through the night as well as the day, and the technician turns up with lock tooling, key blanks and the coding kit already aboard rather than fetching them afterwards. Entry is made with the proper tools — no wedged windows, no torn weather seals.
Between them, our technicians cover the makes most commonly on the road here, from European marques through to Japanese and Korean models. A handful of late-model vehicles genuinely do have to go back to the franchise for coding, and when yours is one of them we say so on the phone rather than after a call-out fee has been charged.