Volkswagen Locksmith in Atlanta, GA: VW Keys Matched to Your Immobilizer
Jetta, Golf, Passat, Tiguan, Atlas and Touareg keys, cut and matched where the car sits. Down to no key at all? Tell the dispatcher the model and year; the job for that VW is confirmed on that call, price included.
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A VW locksmith on wheels, from a Jetta flip key to an Atlas fob
4Keys Locksmith serves Volkswagen owners in Metro Atlanta, GA as a mobile VW locksmith on call 24/7 from Brookhaven, ALOA-trained and NASTF VSP authorized, insured by The Hartford, with 4Keys Locksmith LLC on the books of Georgia's Secretary of State.
A Jetta key or an Atlas fob is made in the car's parking space, since 4Keys keeps vans and no shop (why the locksmith comes to you). The van leaves from Brookhaven, and the arrival window for your street is given when you call. So is the price, before dispatch, with the after-hours surcharge for work between 9 PM and 7 AM local time, and on Sundays and federal holidays already counted; see published rates. The dispatcher speaks English and Spanish, and 4Keys employs Spanish-speaking technicians.
Volkswagen guards its keys with a numbered family of immobilizers and a car-specific PIN, and the PIN is where NASTF VSP authorization comes in: it is how 4Keys reaches dealer-level software for a VW, and the dealer software question is answered for every make on its own page. Training behind the work is documented on ALOA training. The sections below explain the system, list the models, and go through each job.
Put simply, the van covers keys for modern cars as well as the older flip keys: MQB keys with the Megamos AES chip, an internet-bought fob that is new and the right part, a fresh fob with the 4Keys warranty when the old one has died, and fleets of company Volkswagens keyed in one trip. All of it happens at the car, with no shop in between, and with dealer-level software reached under NASTF VSP rather than a trip to the dealer.
How Volkswagen decides a key belongs: immobilizer generations, the PIN, KESSY and MQB
Volkswagen numbers its immobilizers. Ross-Tech's VW Group diagnostics wiki places Immobilizer 3 in many 2002 and newer models and identifies each car by two numbers, a 14-digit Immo-ID and the VIN. Ross-Tech also says every Golf and Jetta built on the 1K platform uses Immobilizer 4. Through Immobilizer 4, adding a key needs the car's own PIN, the code that tells the immobilizer the person teaching it a key is allowed to.
Ross-Tech's Immobilizer 4 key matching page sets the rules a locksmith works inside. Each key has to be new, or already adapted to that very car, so a key pulled from a different VW cannot be carried over. The car holds up to eight keys. On the Passat (3C), at least one original matched key has to be present, and the page notes that new keys are ordered by VIN at the VW dealer. Where a VW Group car has KESSY, the keyless system Ross-Tech's pages tie to the immobilizer, its key matching procedure for Immobilizer 3 cars with Kessy keeps the same discipline: no more than eight keys, each one new or adapted to that car before, and a PIN of four or seven digits.
Immobilizer 5 is where the independent references stop: Ross-Tech states it does not support Immobilizer 5 procedures. Which US models carry it is not something the published references settle, so the car's VIN, given on the call, does that. The MQB platform brought a Megamos AES transponder, listed as ID49 and also known as ID88, and a transponder catalog places the Golf Mk7 from 2013 to 2020, the Jetta from 2019 and the Atlas from 2018 on MQB.
VW keys have long been dealer keys. STRATTEC's 2008 Transponder Guide lists the 2002-2008 Jetta, the 2002-2006 Golf and the 2002-2005 Passat only as a dealer key, EZ number HU66T6, with no aftermarket blank to clone, and a transponder catalog marks the 2009-2018 Jetta, the 2008-2015 Golf and the 2007-2015 Tiguan as precoded dealer keys with an ID48 chip. Either way the key ends up as a part made for VW and adapted to your car, work 4Keys does with dealer-level software under NASTF VSP; the dispatcher says on the call how the key for your model is sourced. The online half of VW Group key work, the FAZIT PIN service and component protection, is laid out on the Audi locksmith page. 4Keys meets both conditions of that FAZIT route, NASTF VSP authorization and a workshop registration with Volkswagen and Audi, so the PIN for a new VW key arrives through Volkswagen's own channel; the programming runs on ODIS, the Volkswagen Groupthe programming runs on Volkswagen's own dealer software under a 4Keys subscription,apos;s dealer software, under a 4Keys subscription, using original (OEM) VW keys.
The blade is a separate question from the chip. Lishi's tool fitment lists put the lock keyway at HU66 on the Jetta from 2000 to 2017, the Golf from 2000 to 2015, the Passat from 2001 to 2016, the Tiguan from 2009 to 2017 and the Touareg from 2004 to 2016, and at HU162T on the Golf and Jetta from 2015 to 2021, the Tiguan from 2017 to 2021 and the Atlas from 2018 to 2021. A 2015-2017 Jetta or a 2017 Tiguan sits on both lists, so the technician reads the lock on the car before cutting.
Put together, a VW flip key is three parts doing three jobs. The blade, cut to the HU66 or HU162T lock, opens the door and, on turn-key cars, turns the ignition. The transponder in the head (ID48 on the precoded dealer keys a catalog lists, Megamos AES on MQB) is what the immobilizer checks against its stored keys. The remote buttons lock and unlock through a separate radio side. A key can fail on any one of the three, which is why the technician tests each before deciding what your Volkswagen needs.
Volkswagen models and their key generations, as the references list them
Where two references overlap on a year, the car is read from its VIN during the call. No electric or hybrid Volkswagens are listed.
| Volkswagen | Years listed | Key and immobilizer | Locksmith service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jetta | 2002-2008 | Dealer key (STRATTEC EZ# HU66T6); Immobilizer 3 or 4, PIN required | Key cutting and matching, lockout service, ignition work |
| Jetta | 2009-2018 | Precoded dealer key, ID48 chip; HU66 lock to 2017 | Spare key matching, all keys lost after the year is confirmed on the call, flip key remotes |
| Jetta | 2019 on | MQB, Megamos AES (ID49); turn key on 2019 cars without keyless entry | Key and fob programming, ignition switch diagnosis |
| Golf | 2002-2006 | Dealer key (STRATTEC EZ# HU66T6) | Key cutting and matching, lockouts |
| Golf | 2008-2015 | Precoded dealer key, ID48 chip | Spares, lost keys, remote programming |
| Golf (Mk7) | 2013-2020 | MQB, Megamos AES (ID49); HU162T lock from 2015 | Key programming, lost-key cases checked by year on the call, ignition diagnosis |
| Passat | 2002-2005; later years by VIN | Dealer key (STRATTEC); on the 3C, one original matched key present for matching | Key matching with the PIN, lockout service |
| Tiguan | 2007-2015 | Precoded dealer key, ID48 chip (transponder catalog) | Spare and replacement keys, fob programming |
| Tiguan | 2018-2019 | Turn key on cars without keyless entry (campaign 18V-824); key generation read from the VIN | Key and fob programming, lost keys once the year is confirmed on the call |
| Atlas | 2018 on | MQB, Megamos AES; HU162T lock (2018-2021); turn key on 2018-2019 cars without keyless entry | Smart key and flip key programming, all keys lost |
| Touareg | By VIN; HU66 lock 2004-2016 | Key system identified by VIN when you call | Key programming, lockouts, emergency blade cutting |
Sources: Ross-Tech wiki, STRATTEC 2008 Transponder Guide, a transponder catalog, Lishi tool fitment lists and NHTSA campaigns 18V-824, 19V-615 and 23V-604.
What a Volkswagen job looks like, service by service
From a Golf locked at the curb to an Atlas that will not see its fob.
Volkswagen lockout
Spare VW key
No VW key left
Flip keys and fobs, bought here or online
Ignition switch and cylinder
Broken flip key blade
Module programming
Fleets of Jettas, Passats and Atlases
Three NHTSA campaigns that touch Volkswagen keys and ignitions
Campaign 23V-604 covers the 2019 Golf and the 2019 and 2020 Jetta with a conventional ignition switch: the switch may fail, especially in high temperatures, and is replaced, a warning worth knowing in a Georgia summer. Campaign 19V-615 covers automatic Jettas from 2011 to 2018 and Golfs from 2015 to 2016 and 2018 to 2019 with a manual handbrake and keyless entry, where silicate on the shift-lever micro switch can let the key come out with the car out of Park; an extra switch and circuit board are installed. Campaign 18V-824 covers the 2018-2019 Atlas and Tiguan and the 2019 Jetta without keyless entry, which lack the key-in-ignition warning chime; the instrument cluster is reprogrammed, which implies those trims start with a turned key. Campaigns are carried out by a Volkswagen dealer, so ask one whether yours was done; the technician then deals with whatever is left on the key or the lock.
South side or north side, the van comes to the Volkswagen and to the front door
From Brookhaven the vans cover all of Metro Atlanta, including the south side: the Georgia pages for East Point, College Park, Fairburn, Union City and Riverdale describe part of it.
Your Volkswagen is worked on wherever it waits: a driveway, an apartment lot, a hotel or office deck, the lot at work. A gate code or a deck level belongs in the first call, and so does the space number if the car is in a numbered lot. The documents a given case requires are asked for then, and the technician calling you back may ask you to photograph the key, the ignition or the label on the dash.
Locks for the home and the business ride in the same van. A house lockout, rekeying after a move, a new deadbolt or a smart lock is residential work, with metro detail on Georgia residential locksmith. Rekeying when an employee leaves, master key systems, card or keypad access control, exit devices and shopfront locks are commercial work, with metro detail on Georgia commercial locksmith. For the other European makes, the BMW, Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz pages cover their own systems.
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FAQ - Volkswagen Key Questions, Answered
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Key gone, fob ignored or ignition stuck? Ring before you tow the VW anywhere.
Have the VIN handy along with the model and year, and say whether any key still works. The dispatcher confirms the job and states the price, and a van leaves Brookhaven after that.
The price depends on the job and the components it needs; you get the exact total on the phone before the technician is sent. See our reference prices.