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1997 Legacy is a mechanical key vehicle. No transponder, no chip programming, no immobilizer enrollment on a standard replacement job. The key blank gets cut to your lock and you're done. What trips people up is the ignition cylinder on these older Legacys getting worn to the point where a freshly cut key feels wrong at first. That's the cylinder, not the key. If the engine starts and immediately stalls on a car this age, that's a separate anti-theft diagnostic, not a cutting problem. But a straight key replacement on a worn-out or lost mechanical key is about as clean a job as it gets.
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There's a stretch of Downtown National City where the side streets are packed with cars that haven't moved in days. Tight, residential, the kind of block where parking is a full-contact sport. I got a call out there for a 1997 Subaru Legacy. Owner had one key left and snapped it off in the door lock trying to force it on a cold morning.

The broken piece was still in the cylinder. That's the part people don't think about when they imagine a key replacement job. It's not just cut a new key and hand it over. You have to pull the broken section out first without damaging the cylinder pins, and on a car this old the lock hardware can be brittle.

I extracted the piece, decoded the lock right there on site by reading the tumblers, and cut a new key blade to match. No VIN lookup needed, no wait on a dealer parts order. The lock itself told me exactly what I needed to know.

He turned the key, engine caught, no drama. He mentioned the dealer had told him they'd need to order a blank and have him come back. That part I didn't dwell on. The job was done in his parking spot and he still made it to wherever he was going that afternoon.

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Do I need to bring my 1997 Subaru Legacy somewhere for a key replacement?
No. I come to you. Whether you're parked on a street in Downtown National City, sitting in a lot, or stuck in your own driveway, I show up with everything needed to cut a replacement key on site. The 1997 Legacy takes a mechanical key, so there's no programming equipment required and no reason to tow the vehicle anywhere. Dealers on a job like this would have you come in, confirm parts availability, and potentially wait on a blank to be ordered. The mobile route is faster and you never leave your neighborhood.
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My 1997 Legacy starts fine but the key is really hard to turn in the ignition. Do I need a new key or a new cylinder?
The previous owner gave me two keys and neither one works consistently. Can you re-cut both or do I need all new keys?
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