2002 Chevrolet Camaro
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2002 Chevrolet Camaro Metal Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I was parked near the Presidio neighborhood in Santa Barbara finishing up some notes when the call came in. A guy visiting from out of town had snapped his key in the ignition of his 2002 Camaro.

Half the blade was seated in the cylinder, the other half was in his hand, and he had already tried the worst possible thing: a pair of needle-nose pliers, which had pushed the fragment slightly deeper.

He was calm about it by the time I arrived, but you could tell he had already played out every bad scenario in his head. Tow truck, dealer, days without the car, the whole chain.

I used an extractor to work the broken piece out without disturbing the wafers. Once the cylinder was clear, I decoded the lock to get the cut spec, then cut a fresh key blade on the spot. First turn, the engine came up.

The whole job, extraction through a confirmed running car, took less than an hour from when he called. He kept looking at the new key like he expected something else to be wrong. Nothing was. He drove off toward the 101 and that was it.

A snapped key in an unfamiliar city feels like a travel disaster. On a 2002 Camaro, it is honestly one of the simpler jobs I handle.

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