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2004 Express is a mechanical key vehicle. No fob, no transponder programming, no immobilizer relearn - just metal. The key is cut to the vehicle, full stop. What trips people up on these vans is that the ignition wafer tumblers wear out over time, especially on a work van with high key cycles. A worn ignition can read a freshly cut key as "wrong" because the tumblers are so chewed up they move inconsistently. If a new key turns hard or only works on the second try, the cylinder is the issue, not the cut. Also worth knowing: the door lock cylinders and ignition cylinder on these often wear at different rates, so a key that works the doors may stick in the ignition. Decode the ignition separately if that comes up.
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There's a stretch out in Dictionary Hill where people park work vehicles overnight, and a lot of them are older full-size vans. I got a call from a guy who runs a small crew out of a 2004 Chevrolet Express. He'd broken a key off in the ignition that morning, had a second key made at a hardware store years back, but that copy had gone missing too. Van was just sitting there, back doors open, tools inside, and he had a job to get to.

He found me through a YouTube video and had already watched enough to know roughly what the process looked like before he called. That part always makes the conversation easier.

I got out to Dictionary Hill in Spring Valley, pulled the broken key fragment from the ignition cylinder with the right extractors, and decoded the lock. Cut a fresh key on site from the code. The van started on the first try.

The one human moment was when he looked at the new key, then at the extracted piece still sitting on my workbench, and said he'd been running that original key since he bought the van. It was worn down enough that I was honestly surprised it had kept working as long as it did.

He was back on the road well before noon. No tow, no dealer wait, no leaving the van overnight somewhere. Just a mobile locksmith showing up with the right tools.

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I lost all my keys to my 2004 Chevrolet Express. Can you still make a new one?
Yes, and it's actually a clean job on this van. The 2004 Express uses a mechanical key with no programming involved. Getting in comes first - that's picking or decoding the lock on site. Once I'm in, I decode the ignition cylinder to pull the key code and cut a replacement right there. No tow required, no waiting on a dealer to source anything. The van starts on the new key before I leave.
Do I need to tow my Express to the dealer if I have no keys?
How long does an all-keys-lost replacement take on a 2004 Express?
My 2004 Express key turns but the ignition feels stiff and sometimes won't return to the off position. Is that a key problem or an ignition problem?
Can a locksmith make a key for a 2004 Express using the VIN?
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