1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Metal Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

A guy in the Garden Road Area of Poway had been babying his 1998 Monte Carlo ignition for a couple of weeks. Not quite stuck, not quite turning clean. That in-between phase where you're never sure if today's the day it doesn't come back.

He'd already called the dealer. They told him the ignition cylinder was shot and quoted him a full replacement with new keys. He almost said yes. Then a coworker mentioned that a locksmith might be able to do something different, so he called me instead.

When I pulled up and looked at it, the cylinder wasn't failed. It was worn. There's a difference. The wafers inside had rounded off from years of use, and his key blank had worn down with them. The lock was still functional. It just needed the worn wafers swapped and a fresh key cut to the repaired cylinder.

I decoded the lock, replaced the worn wafers, and cut a new key matched to it. No new cylinder. No tow. No waiting room.

He watched the whole thing from his driveway. When the key turned clean for the first time in weeks, he just nodded like he'd suspected all along that it wasn't as bad as the dealer made it sound. He was right.

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