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Updated September 2026 · Automotive Pricing

Automotive Locksmith Prices

Every automotive service we run, with the number we quote on the phone. Day rate, night rate, and the one question that decides what a car key actually costs. NASTF VSP authorized, ALOA-trained, mobile to the vehicle.

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Automotive locksmith prices guide, mobile key programming at the vehicle

Florida and Georgia

Qorinca LLC · 4Keys Locksmith LLC

Mobile service since 2023

Mobile, 24/7

We come to where you are

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NASTF VSP

Vehicle Security Professional

Dealer-level key programming

ALOA Training

EEPROM, auto electronics, access control

32 CEU hours

The Short Answer

Average Cost of a Locksmith for a Car

If you only read one section, read this one. These are the automotive jobs we publish a rate for; the reference rates, day and night, are on our pricing page. What moves your total inside a line is the hardware, the make, the model and the year of the vehicle.

Car and trunk lockout

Non-destructive entry at the vehicle, doors or trunk. A published line each, with an after-hours rate beside it.

Broken-key extraction

The key snapped in the door, the trunk or the ignition. Its own published line. Cutting the replacement is priced separately.

Car key duplication

A copy made from a key that still works. Transponder and fob copies are one line, a plain metal blade with no chip is a cheaper one.

Car key, domestic transponder

Toyota, Honda, Ford, Chevy, Nissan, Hyundai and Kia. The entry programming tier, cut and paired at the vehicle.

Smart proximity key

Push-to-start fobs on domestic and Asian makes. Its own programming tier, above the domestic transponder line.

Car key, European luxury

Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Range Rover and Porsche. One tier while a working key still exists, a higher one once every key is lost.

All keys lost

Nothing works, so the vehicle is paired with a key it has never seen. The widest published range we carry: a Toyota key and a Ferrari key are not the same job.

Ignition repair or replacement

A worn or forced cylinder, repaired or replaced so a key turns again. Quoted from a floor price, with the make, model and year setting the total.

The price depends on your car, and you hear it before anyone drives to you

Our published rates are reference prices: the job, the key and the make, model and year of the vehicle move the total. A price that only exists once a technician is standing next to your car is a negotiation you are going to lose, so ask for the total on the call. We give it, and it does not move on arrival unless the scope changes and you agree to the new total first.

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Car Keys

Locksmith Car Key Replacement Cost

Car key replacement cost is not one number, it is three questions. Does a working key still exist, what are the make, model and year of the vehicle, and is it day or night. Answer those three and the total is fixed before anyone leaves.

The first question is the expensive one. If a working key exists, the job is a copy: Car Key Duplication is the cheaper route on every vehicle, because the key you already hold carries the credential and we copy it. Transponder and fob copies sit on one published line, a plain metal blade with no chip on a lower one. If no working key exists, the job is a pairing: Lost Car Key Replacement costs more on every vehicle, because the immobilizer has to accept a key it has never seen rather than recognise a copy of one it already trusts.

Make, model and year set the tier. Car Key Programming covers domestic transponders on makes such as Toyota, Honda, Ford, Chevy, Nissan, Hyundai and Kia, with smart proximity push-to-start fobs on their own line above it. Luxury Key Programming covers Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Range Rover and Porsche, at one rate while a working key still exists and a higher one once every key is lost, and Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini and Aston Martin key cards are published separately again. Every one of those tiers, and the night differential they share, is on our pricing page.

The luxury tier is a tier because of access, not because of the metal. Manufacturer key security data is gated, and pulling it legally is exactly what NASTF Vehicle Security Professional authorization is for. A shop without it either turns the job away or goes around the factory method, and going around it is how a routine key job turns into a replaced module.

Key Fobs

Key Fob Programming Cost

Three different jobs get called key fob programming, and they are three different published lines. The dispatcher works out which one you have on the call, then quotes the total before a technician is sent.

Clone a spare fob

Your current fob still works and you want a second one. That is duplication, and it is the cheapest route to a second key, because the credential is copied from the one already in your hand. The dispatcher identifies which line your car uses from the make, model and year, and quotes the total on the call. See Smart Key and Key Fob Replacement and Car Key Duplication.
Copied from a working key

Program a replacement fob

A fob the vehicle has never seen, cut and paired on-site. The published tier is the hardware: a domestic transponder, a smart proximity fob, a European luxury key, or an ultra-luxury key card. Work between 9 PM and 7 AM local time, and on Sundays and federal holidays, carries its own differential, published beside the line.
Priced by hardware tier

Program with no working key

Nothing works and there is nothing to copy from, so the whole system is paired fresh. That is all-keys-lost programming, the widest published range on the automotive list, and European luxury is a separate line again. The make, the model and the year decide the total.
Quoted per vehicle
Lockouts

How Much for a Locksmith to Unlock My Car?

Opening the car is the cheapest thing we do, which is exactly why the bait ads are written to win this call and then rebuild the invoice in your driveway. Our lockout lines are published, and the total is closed on the phone.

Car lockout

Non-destructive entry at the vehicle, with no mileage fee inside our coverage area. One published day line and one after-hours line, both on our pricing page. See Car Lockout Service.
Price closed on the phone

Trunk lockout

Trunks latch and lock differently from doors, so they carry their own published line, with the same night rule. See Trunk Lockout Service.
Mobile, no towing

Broken-key extraction

The key snapped in the door, trunk or ignition. Its own published line, with the after-hours rate beside it. Cutting the replacement is a separate line again. See Broken Key Extraction.
Extraction quoted separately
Rekeying

Cost to Rekey a Car

We do not publish a car rekey rate, and we are not going to make one up to fill a heading. Two different jobs get called rekeying a car. Here is how we tell them apart on the phone, and which published line each one falls under.

  1. 1

    Tell us whether a working key still exists

    That single answer decides everything else. With a key in hand, the work stays on the copying and programming side of the list. With nothing that works, it becomes all-keys-lost pairing, the widest published range we carry, because the vehicle has to accept a key it has never seen.

  2. 2

    Decide whether the goal is the cylinder or the credential

    If the ignition itself is worn, sticking or was forced, the fix is mechanical: Ignition Repair and Cylinder Replacement is its own published line, quoted up from a floor price, with the make, model and year setting the total and an after-hours differential on top. If the ignition is fine and you simply want a lost key to stop working, the fix is electronic and happens during programming, where the old fob is deauthorized as part of the job.

  3. 3

    Get the total before dispatch, not after

    Because there is no published car rekey line, this one is scoped from the two answers above and quoted as an exact total on the call. It does not change when the technician arrives. If a company will quote you a flat car rekey price without asking either question, they are guessing, and the guess will be corrected upward in your driveway.

Day Rate vs Night Rate

Locksmith Key Programming Price

The night differential is published beside every line on our pricing page, not discovered on arrival. The window is the same for all of them: between 9 PM and 7 AM local time, and on Sundays and federal holidays.

Programming carries a flat night rate

Domestic transponders, smart proximity fobs, European luxury and ultra-luxury key cards all carry the same flat night differential on top of whichever day tier applies to the vehicle.

Ignition work carries a higher one

Ignition repair or replacement carries a larger night differential than programming, because column work takes longer and cannot be rushed. The make, model and year set the total.

Lockouts and duplication carry the largest

Car lockout, trunk lockout, broken-key extraction and key duplication share the biggest flat night addition on the automotive list. All-keys-lost at night varies with the vehicle and is quoted per job.

FAQ - Automotive Locksmith Pricing

Got questions? We have answers. If you don't see your question below, call us anytime - we're available 24/7.

It depends which job, and each job has its own published line. Our reference rates for each line, day and after hours, are on our pricing page. What moves your total inside a line is the hardware in the key, the make, the model and the year of the vehicle, and whether we come out during the day or at night. Tell the dispatcher those four things and you get an exact total on the phone, before a technician is dispatched. That total is what you pay at the vehicle.
An average is the wrong tool here. A plain metal key blade with no chip and an all-keys-lost pairing on a luxury vehicle are different jobs on different published lines, so averaging them describes an invoice nobody receives. Find your job on our pricing page instead, then call and have the dispatcher price it against your year, make and model. A key for a Toyota and a key for a Ferrari are not the same job, which is why we quote the exact figure on the phone rather than publishing one blended number.
A car lockout is its own published line, with a separate night rate that applies between 9 PM and 7 AM local time, and on Sundays and federal holidays. Both reference rates are on our pricing page. That rate covers dispatch, travel inside our coverage area, non-destructive entry tools and the technician time, with no mileage fee. A trunk lockout is published separately because a trunk latches differently, and if the key snapped off in the lock, broken-key extraction is a third line. The dispatcher confirms which one you need and gives you the total before anyone drives out.
The same published rate everywhere we dispatch, with no mileage fee inside our coverage area. How far you are from the depot is not what moves the number. The vehicle, the time of day and whether a key has to be made afterwards are. The lockout line and its after-hours rate are on the pricing page. Pick your area on the locations page and the dispatcher quotes the total on the call, before a technician leaves.
One question decides which published line you land on: does a working key still exist. If it does, the job is a copy, and copying is the cheaper route because the key in your hand already carries the credential. If nothing works, the vehicle has to accept a key it has never seen, which is all-keys-lost pairing and the most involved job on the list. Between those sit the programming tiers, split by hardware: domestic transponder, smart proximity fob, European luxury, and ultra-luxury key card. All of them are published on our pricing page with their night rates. Your year, make and model decide the tier, and the dispatcher confirms the total on the phone.
Making a key is two operations and the price list follows both. Cutting and copying from a key that already works is duplication. Cutting and programming a key the vehicle has never seen is programming, and that side is priced by the hardware: a domestic transponder, a smart proximity fob, a European luxury key, or an ultra-luxury key card. Both sides of the split are published on our pricing page, each with its after-hours rate. We do the work at the vehicle, so there is no tow. The make, the model and the year decide which line is yours, and you get the total before dispatch.
A new key cut and programmed on-site is a programming job, and the published tier depends on what the vehicle uses: a domestic transponder, a smart proximity fob, a European luxury key, or an ultra-luxury key card. If every key is lost, it becomes all-keys-lost pairing instead, because the immobilizer has to accept a key from scratch rather than copy something that already works. Work between 9 PM and 7 AM local time, and on Sundays and federal holidays, carries its own published differential. Every one of those lines is on our pricing page, and the dispatcher closes the exact total on the call.
Three different jobs get called fob programming and each is a separate published line. Copying a spare while your current fob still works is duplication. Cutting and pairing a fob the vehicle has never seen is programming, priced by the hardware tier. Pairing when nothing works at all is all-keys-lost. Our pricing page carries all three, with the night rate beside each. Which one applies to you is set by the make, the model and the year, and the dispatcher settles it on the call before anyone is sent.
There is no separate reprogramming line on our price list and we are not going to invent one. In practice the job lands in one of two published rows. If a working key or fob still exists, it is duplication work. If nothing works, it is all-keys-lost pairing. Both rows, with their day and after-hours rates, are on our pricing page. The dispatcher settles which one applies on the phone, using the make, the model and the year, before a technician is dispatched.
Programming is published in tiers, and the tier is set by the hardware in the key and the vehicle it belongs to. Domestic transponder keys on makes such as Toyota, Honda, Ford, Chevy, Nissan, Hyundai and Kia are one line. Smart proximity push-to-start fobs are another. European luxury such as Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Range Rover and Porsche is a third while a working key still exists, and a fourth once every key is lost. Ultra-luxury key cards including Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini and Aston Martin are their own line again. Each carries a published night differential. The reference rates are on our pricing page.
Yes, and it lives on one page: our pricing page carries the reference rates for every service we run, automotive plus residential and commercial. It covers car and trunk lockouts, broken-key extraction, metal key cutting with no chip, car key duplication, the programming tiers, all-keys-lost pairing, module programming and ignition repair or replacement, with the night rate beside every line. Those are reference rates: the dispatcher quotes the exact total for your vehicle on the phone, and that total is what you pay at the vehicle.
We do not publish a car rekey rate, because two different jobs get called that. If the ignition cylinder itself is worn or was forced and has to be repaired or replaced so a key turns properly again, that is the published ignition repair line, and the make, model and year set the total. If the ignition is fine and the goal is to stop a lost key from working, that happens inside programming, or inside all-keys-lost pairing when nothing works at all. Both routes are published on our pricing page. Tell us which of the two you are in and we quote the exact total on the phone.

What is your car actually doing?

Every price on this page belongs to a symptom. Pick the one that matches what your key and your car are actually doing.

Key Spins in the Ignition

The key turns with no resistance and the engine does nothing

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Key Will Not Turn in the Ignition

The key goes in but will not rotate, and two of the causes are free to fix

Read this one

Broken Key in the Ignition or Lock

The blade snapped and part of it is stuck in the cylinder

Read this one

Key Fob Stopped Working

The remote stopped responding, and three different repairs get called the same thing

Read this one

All Keys Lost

No key exists to copy, so the immobilizer must accept one it has never seen

Read this one

Keys Locked Inside the Car

Keys visible inside a locked car, and when it is a 911 call instead

Read this one

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