Car Key Replacement & Auto Locksmith in Prahran
Lost every car key? We cut and program on site — no tow to the dealership. Covering Prahran 3181 and the surrounding Inner South & Bayside, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Car Key Replacement & Auto Locksmith for Prahran homes and businesses
Losing the only key to a car is one of the few problems that can strand you completely. Our auto vans carry key blanks, cutting equipment and programming hardware, so in most cases we come to the car rather than the car going anywhere. That includes the harder job — all keys lost, where there is no existing key to clone from.
Why Prahran in particular
The single-fronted Victorian and Edwardian terraces here have narrow front-door stiles that will not take a standard tubular deadbolt, and many sit under a heritage overlay — which means the right answer is a mortice lock sized for the stile rather than a bigger hole in a 130-year-old door. Walk-up flat blocks make up a large part of the housing, and their weak point is rarely the flat door — it is the common entry, which is owners-corporation property and often has more keys in circulation than anyone can account for.
Getting to you
We are based in Richmond, so Prahran is a straightforward run at most hours. It sits in the middle of our coverage, and the run is a short one at most hours. We give you a realistic arrival window on the phone rather than a number that sounds good.
Every street in Prahran 3181 is covered, from Commercial Road, High Street and Williams Road out to Pran Central and Aberdeen Road Reserve.
What the job covers
- Transponder key cutting and programming
- Proximity and smart-key replacement
- Remote and flip-key repair
- All-keys-lost programming
- Ignition barrel repair and replacement
- Broken key extraction from ignition or door
- Motorcycle and scooter keys
What it costs
We do not publish prices, because a jammed deadlock on a heritage door in Prahran and a spring latch that has swung shut are not the same job and should not carry the same number. Quotes are free, given before we start, and there is no obligation.
Get a free quote — (03) 7303 3713
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Car Key Replacement — what customers say
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“Key snapped in the ignition on the way to work. Extracted it and had a replacement cut before I had finished the phone calls to reschedule my day.”
“Lost the only key to the car in a park. He came to the car, cut and programmed a new one on the spot. No tow, no dealership.”
“Asked for the rego papers and my licence before doing anything, which is exactly what I would want if it were somebody else's car.”
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Car Key Replacement & Auto Locksmith in Prahran — common questions
How quickly can you get to Prahran for car key replacement & auto locksmith?
30 minutes is the target. We are based in Richmond, so Prahran is a straightforward run at most hours. It sits in the middle of our coverage, and the run is a short one at most hours. We give you a realistic arrival window on the phone rather than a number that sounds good.
Do I have to tow it to the dealer?
Usually not. For the large majority of makes on Melbourne roads we can cut and program at the kerbside. A tow is the slow, expensive path and it is rarely the necessary one.
What do you need from me?
Photo ID, proof you own the vehicle — registration papers or the certificate of registration — and the VIN. We will not program a key to a car without them, which is precisely what stops someone else doing it to yours.
I still have one key. Is a spare cheaper than waiting?
Cutting a spare while you still have a working key is a much simpler job than an all-keys-lost program. If you are down to one key, that is the moment to get a second one made.