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Our fully-equipped mobile unit comes directly to your home, office, or wherever you are. No towing, no waiting rooms, no rearranging your day. We handle everything on-site.

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1996 Chevrolet Lumina
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The 1996 Lumina uses a plain mechanical key with no chip, no fob, no remote. The ignition cylinder reads the cut of the blade, full stop. That means a locksmith can decode the lock or pull the key code and have you driving in one visit. No relearn timer, no diagnostic port, no subscription tools. If you have even a broken piece of the original key, bring it. A good locksmith can often decode the cuts right off the fragment and skip the cylinder disassembly entirely.
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1996 Chevrolet Lumina Metal Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Out in Richland, over on one of those apartment rows where every carport looks the same, a woman had been driving her 1996 Chevrolet Lumina on a single key for years. She knew she should have gotten a spare made. She just never did.

The blade snapped off in the door lock. Not at the tip, right at the shoulder, so half was buried in the cylinder and the other half was in her hand. She had no way in and no way to start it.

I got there with my extraction kit and got the broken fragment out of the door lock without pulling the cylinder. Once it was out, I had both pieces of the original blade and enough of the cut pattern between them to read every position. I decoded it off the fragment, cut two new keys on the spot, and tested both in the door and the ignition.

She went from a snapped key and a locked car to two working keys in about half an hour. She mentioned the dealer, almost as an aside. I told her a dealer would have sent her to a locksmith anyway for a car this age. She laughed and said she wished she had called me three years ago for the spare.

The moral is always the same: get the spare before the original fails, not after.

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Jul 2025
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“Tim was GREAT. I honestly swear he must have had my keys made before he even showed up. The entire process was insanely fast, from the initial phone call to having the keys in my hand. No one will beat the pricing, efficiency, or outstanding service.”

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Jul 2025
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“This is the only locksmith anyone should ever call. I am still shocked at how fast he arrived and the price was hundreds less than other quotes I received. Honest, professional, and extremely efficient.”

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May 2024
★★★★★

“Locked out on a weekend night and everyone else wanted $300+. EZ Car Keyz sent Roman late at night for much less. He worked for over an hour and did not give up until the door opened. They even made a new key on the spot.”

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Chevrolet Lumina Mobile Service FAQ

Real costs, no dealer surprises

Why does key replacement cost so much at the dealer for older Chevys?
For a 1996 Lumina, it honestly should not. This generation uses a basic mechanical key. A dealer would likely tell you they no longer stock the blank or cut keys for cars this old, and send you elsewhere. The high quotes you see associated with Chevy key replacement apply to later models with electronic security systems. For a mid-nineties Lumina, the job is decoding the lock or pulling the key code and cutting a blade. A mobile locksmith is the right call here, not a dealership service counter.
What kind of key does a 1996 Chevrolet Lumina actually use?
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I lost my only key and the car is locked. Can you still get in and make a new key without anything to work from?
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