1997 Audi S4
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

1997 Audi S4 Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

She was standing in a rental car return lot in Oxnard Shores early in the morning, about to switch back to her own 1997 Audi S4 after a trip. Her only key to the car was not in her bag. She had checked out of the hotel an hour earlier, and when she called the front desk, they said the room had been cleaned and nothing turned up. Key was gone. She had a flight home in six hours and her S4 was sitting right there in the lot, locked, completely inaccessible.

She called the Audi dealer. Next available appointment was the following week.

Then she called me.

I pulled up to Oxnard Shores about 35 minutes later with the right blank for her car. The 1997 S4 uses a metal key cut to the factory keyway, nothing more. No fob, no chip programming, no module work. I decoded her door lock to get the correct cut depths, indexed the blank, and cut it on my machine right there in the lot. Tested it in the door, tested it in the ignition. It turned over on the first try.

She walked back to the rental counter, handed in the keys, and drove her own car to the airport with a couple hours to spare. The dealer quote had a next-week appointment attached to it. She needed to leave California that morning.

Sometimes the right tool for the job is just a good cut on the correct blank, done by someone who shows up.

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