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Q: How long will a replacement key last on a truck this age?

A well-cut key on a mechanical system like this can last a long time. The failure mode on a 2000 Tahoe usually isn't the key itself - it's the ignition cylinder. These trucks are old enough that the wafers inside the cylinder have years of wear on them. A fresh key cut exactly to code will actually turn more smoothly than a worn copy-of-a-copy that's been floating around for two decades.

Q: What if the replacement key has an issue after a few days?

Call me and I come back. A mechanical key either works or it doesn't, and I test it in both the ignition and the door lock before I leave. If something changes after normal use, I want to know about it and I'll make it right. I've heard from owners who paid good money elsewhere and got zero follow-up when a key started binding a week later. That's not how I operate.

Q: My 2000 Tahoe ignition is getting stiff and sometimes won't turn at all. Is that a key problem or something worse?

On a truck this age, a stiff or intermittent ignition is almost always the cylinder, not the key. The 2000 Tahoe uses a wafer-style ignition cylinder, and after twenty-plus years those wafers wear down, get debris in them, or start sticking. A worn key makes it worse because a key that's lost a few thousandths of an inch off the cuts will stop lifting certain wafers cleanly.

Q: I have a working key but want a spare cut. Do you need anything besides the key itself?

Just the working key and proof of ownership. I can decode the cut directly from the key and duplicate it on site. Bring the VIN too if you have it handy - it lets me cross-check the code and confirm the right blank before I cut. On a 2000 Tahoe this is about as simple as a key job gets, and having a spare for a truck this age is genuinely worth doing.

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I got a call from a woman in the Samarkand neighborhood of Santa Barbara. She'd lost her only key to a 2000 Tahoe that had been sitting in her driveway for about three weeks while she figured out what to do. No spare anywhere. Figured the dealer was going to be a whole ordeal.

She texted me the VIN before I left my previous job. That was the right move.

With the VIN I pulled the key code before I even pulled up to her street. I had the correct blank already staged in the van. When I arrived, I verified ownership, confirmed the code against her locks, and cut the key on site. Tested it in the door, tested it in the ignition. The truck started on the first try.

She mentioned she'd called the dealer earlier that week. They told her to have it towed in. She didn't love that answer, which is how she found me.

The whole job took about twenty minutes from the time I parked. No tow, no waiting room, no leaving the truck somewhere overnight. Just a key, cut right, working the same morning she called.

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Do you use OEM or aftermarket key blanks on a 2000 Tahoe?▼

For a mechanical key like this one, the blank just needs to match the correct profile for the GM ignition and door locks on this generation of truck. I source professional-grade blanks from tested suppliers, not the kind of bargain-bin blanks that measure slightly off and wear the ignition wafers faster than they should. The cut is what matters most on a mechanical key, and that starts with a blank that's dimensionally consistent.