1996 Ford Thunderbird
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego
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1996 Ford Thunderbird
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I got a call from a guy near Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. He'd picked up a 1996 Thunderbird and the previous owner handed him one key, worn down to almost nothing. It would start the car maybe seven out of ten tries, and the other three times it would just spin in the cylinder without catching. He figured he'd get a spare cut at a hardware kiosk and be done with it.
The kiosk copy was worse. It looked right sitting next to the original, but under calipers the cut depths were off by enough to matter. That's the thing about a worn original: the machine reads the worn profile, not the profile the key was supposed to have, and now you've got two bad keys instead of one.
I came out to him, decoded the lock directly, and traced the correct depth spacings from the cylinder itself. Cut a new key to those specs on my mobile equipment. Slid it in, turned clean on the first try. Then I cut a second one so he'd have a proper spare.
He mentioned he'd called a dealer first, out of habit. They told him to bring the car in and weren't sure they could even source the blank quickly for a car this age. He didn't end up going that route, which is how I got the call. Took me about twenty minutes once I was parked next to him.
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“My ignition would not turn in La Jolla and I thought I needed a tow. EZ Car Keyz repaired the ignition on the spot and also made a spare key for safety. The technician worked carefully and confidently.”
“Niv showed up, did his thing, and just like that I had two new keys for a fraction of what the dealership quoted. I have zero reservations recommending him to anyone who needs car keys replaced.”
“We had one broken key for our Honda Civic and one working key for our Lexus. Tim came out and cut three remote car keys at a great price. All keys worked perfectly. Professional, courteous, and highly recommended.”
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