Locksmith in Homestead, FL: Truck Keys, Car Keys and Locks

A truck key answers two separate questions. The blade answers the first: its groove pattern and its cuts, from a key code series the manufacturer assigns. The chip in the head, or the absence of one, answers the second: whether the immobilizer will let the engine run. STRATTEC's aftermarket catalog names each blank by both, so the stamp on your key and the model year point to the blank and the programming route before anything is cut.

On Ford, the system is PATS. STRATTEC lists the "84 groove IPATS" blank, with a Texas 4D-63 chip, for both the F-150 and the F-250 and F-350 Super Duty from 2004 to 2010. The Super Duty then moved to a three-button remote-head key stamped "S" for 2011 to 2016, and to a side-milled IPATS key from 2017, the same family the F-150 took in 2015, with a 128-bit Hitag Pro chip. The Transit van from 2015 has its own side-milled key and a separate cargo key. Ford's owner text lets a driver add a key only with two coded keys already in hand, up to eight in all; with fewer, its advice is a tow to the dealer. A PATS-capable programmer at the truck does that job where it stands.

On General Motors, the Circle Plus key, stamped PK3 or with a plus sign, covers the Silverado and Sierra from 2007 to 2013 (Sierra HD to 2014) and the Express and Savana vans from 2008 to 2014. With one original key, STRATTEC's add-a-key routine teaches the truck a new one. From 2014 the Silverado takes a molded encrypted key, listed by STRATTEC for 2014 to 2020, and Lishi's HU100 pick fitment lists the locks of the 2014 to 2018 Silverado and Sierra and the 2015 to 2019 Express and Savana on that side-milled profile. On 2014 to 2016 pickups a recognized key adds new ones, up to eight; with none, a relearn of about 30 minutes registers a key and leaves every earlier key dead.

On Ram, the Sentry Key blade came first: Y160 from 2002 to 2005, then the Y164 stamped "S" for 2006 to 2008. FOBIK, a fob with the key built in that plugs into the dash's Wireless Ignition Node, is listed for the Ram pickup from 2008 to 2017, with blade and FOBIK side by side for 2009 to 2014 depending on trim. STRATTEC gives all three the same 84 groove and the same M0001-2618 key code series. Customer programming needs two working keys and sets up the remote in the same pass; with fewer, the key is programmed with a tool, and for 2014 and later trucks the PIN is bought by VIN from Stellantis by holders of an active NASTF VSP credential, and 4Keys Locksmith is NASTF VSP authorized.

Pickups by chip generation, F-150 and Silverado first, are compared on the Acworth, Georgia page. When every key is gone, the route is the one on the Hialeah page; for a yard of trucks keyed in one visit, see the Opa-locka page.

4Keys Locksmith covers Homestead mailing addresses in ZIP codes 33030, 33031, 33032, 33033, 33034 and 33035, Miami-Dade County, which take in Florida City, Leisure City, Naranja, Princeton and the Redland. Give the street address and, at an apartment or townhome complex, the building and unit.

From the Turnpike's Homestead Extension, exit 2 puts you on Campbell Drive (SW 312th Street) in Homestead, exit 5 on Biscayne Drive (SW 288th Street) by Leisure City, and exit 1 is the end of the road at US 1 in Florida City. Campbell Drive runs west to the south end of Krome Avenue. On US 1 or Krome Avenue, name the nearest cross street or numbered street. The same dispatch covers Palmetto Bay and Kendall farther north on the Turnpike.

Rural property and job sites change how the van finds you. If the truck is on a lot with no number on the gate, share a map pin from your phone or the two nearest numbered streets, and say which gate is open. On a construction site, give the site entrance and a contact who can let the van in. At a gated community, have the code ready or meet the van at the entrance. A pickup at a fuel stop or a store lot is worked on in its parking space.