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Q: How long will a replacement key last?

A long time under normal use. The transponder chip inside the head is solid-state with no moving parts and no battery to die. The weak point on these is purely physical: the plastic key head cracks, or the key ring hole wears through and the blade starts wobbling. If the shell gives out but the chip is intact, the internal component can often be transferred to a new housing without any reprogramming.

Q: What if the replacement key stops working after a few weeks?

Call me. I come back and I fix it. Before I leave any job I test ignition start, confirm the immobilizer is reading the key consistently, and verify the cut is operating the lock cylinder cleanly. If something goes wrong under normal use after that, it gets handled. I've heard enough stories about owners paying good money for a key where the programming dropped out early and the locksmith stopped returning calls. That's not how I run it.

Q: My Colorado cranks but won't start. Could it be a key or immobilizer issue?

Yes, and it's one of the more common misdiagnoses on these trucks. Cranks-but-won't-fire can look like a fuel problem, an ignition problem, or a security issue, and people often chase the wrong one first. On the 2013 Colorado, if the vehicle security system does not recognize the transponder in the key, it cuts the fuel injector signal. The engine cranks normally because the starter circuit is separate from immobilizer control.

Q: I lost my only key for my 2013 Colorado. Can you still make one without a key to copy?

Yes. All-keys-lost on this truck is a standard job. I pull the key code from the vehicle or decode the lock cylinder directly, cut a new blade to match, then program the transponder through the OBD port. No original key needed to hand me. The immobilizer gets updated to recognize the new key and the job is done on site.

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She was parked at the urgent care on Gonzales Road, kid in tow, bag of prescriptions to pick up, and her 2013 Colorado would not start. It cranked fine. Engine just refused to fire. She had a spare key but it was the same hardware-store copy her husband had made two years back, and that one cranked and died too. By then it was close to 7pm.

She called the dealer first. Closed. Then she found me.

I was coming from the Via Marina side of Oxnard, maybe twenty minutes out. When I got there she had the hood up like that would help. I plugged into the OBD port and pulled up the immobilizer data. Neither key had a registered transponder. The hardware-store copies had never been programmed, just cut. The car had been started for two years on the one original key that apparently went missing at some point, and nobody had caught it until now.

I programmed a proper replacement to the vehicle right there in the parking lot. Tested ignition, confirmed start, and confirmed the old unregistered copies still would not fire it, which is exactly how it should work.

From her call to the engine running was under an hour. The dealer would have been the next morning at the earliest. She made the pharmacy with time to spare.

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Do you use OEM or aftermarket keys on Chevrolet vehicles?▼

We use professional-grade keys built to OEM spec, meaning the chip inside has to match what the immobilizer expects and the blade has to be cut accurately to your vehicle. The cheap blanks you find on general retail sites are a real gamble. The chip tolerances vary, programming failure rates on those are high, and even when they program successfully some owners report intermittent no-start issues weeks later.