2000 Volkswagen Beetle
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Cardiff-by-the-Sea is a relaxed stretch of Encinitas, the kind of neighborhood where people park in driveways and know their neighbors. So when an independent mechanic called me out there about his 2000 Volkswagen Beetle, I expected a quick job. What I got was a good reminder that mechanical skill and locksmith skill are two very different things.
He'd been fighting the ignition for weeks. The key was catching on the turn, sometimes refusing to come back out, and he'd already started mentally writing the check to the dealer. He could rebuild a transmission on a Saturday but the inside of an ignition cylinder isn't transmission work.
When I looked at the cylinder, the wafers were worn. Not destroyed, just sloppy from years of use and, almost certainly, a heavy keychain that had been torquing the cylinder every time the car hit a bump. The cylinder itself was still serviceable. I decoded the lock, replaced the worn wafers, and cut a fresh key matched to the repaired cylinder. Then I verified the transponder was enrolling correctly and tested the remote functions on the flip key. Everything came back clean.
He watched the whole thing. At one point he asked me to walk him through what a wafer actually does, and I showed him the old ones so he could see the wear pattern for himself. He appreciated that. Said the dealer had just quoted him a full cylinder replacement plus reprogramming without even looking at the car.
He saved a good chunk. The ignition turns smooth. Even a mechanic calls a locksmith for ignition internals, because that's exactly what a locksmith is for.
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