Emergency Locksmiths

24/7 emergency locksmith service across Johannesburg and Pretoria. Fully-equipped mobile units — we respond fast, day or night.

Master Locksmith mobile unit responding to an emergency lockout call in Gauteng

Emergency Locksmiths on Duty Through the Night

The phone is answered at every hour, including the ones nobody wants to be making this kind of call in. Mobile units stay on duty overnight and right through weekends and public holidays, so a lockout in the small hours gets the same technician and the same tooling as one at midday. The price is agreed with you on the phone before anybody is dispatched.

We open vehicles and homes, then repair or replace whatever hardware needs it once we are in. A door forced during a break-in usually needs more than a fresh cylinder — the frame, the strike and often the latch gearbox take the damage too — and where a full repair has to wait for daylight we will still leave the property properly secured that night.

Calls That Count as an Emergency

  • Locked out of your home at night
  • Keys locked inside your car
  • Lost or stolen keys
  • Broken key in lock
  • Lock damaged in break-in attempt
  • Locked out of office or business premises
  • Malfunctioning lock that won't open or close

Getting to You Quickly, Whatever the Hour

Every suburb in the areas we cover is served, and calls are triaged as they come in: somebody standing beside a car on an unlit road goes ahead of a lock that has started sticking. Waiting about outside is the part that carries the real risk, so we would rather give you an arrival time we can actually keep than an optimistic one that leaves you exposed for longer.

Still standing outside? Ring us and wait somewhere lit and visible until the van arrives.

Call 082 950 1501 Now

What We Deal With on Emergency Call-Outs

  • Residential and commercial lockouts
  • Vehicle lockouts — all makes and models
  • Emergency lock repairs and replacements
  • After break-in lock replacements
  • All types of automotive keys
  • Broken key extraction
  • Safe opening in emergencies

Everything Needed, Already in the Van

Each unit is stocked with cutting equipment, coding kit, key blanks and a working range of replacement hardware, which is why most emergencies finish on the first visit rather than turning into a second appointment. If a part genuinely has to be ordered in, the opening gets secured properly before we leave and we come back to complete the job.