1999 Honda CR-V
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

1999 Honda CR-V Metal Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got a call from out near Casitas Springs on a weeknight. A woman had been at a taco stand patio in Ventura after a long shift, set her bag down, and someone grabbed it. Keys, wallet, phone, all of it. She borrowed the cashier's phone and called the police first, then her sister, then me.

Her 1999 Honda CR-V was sitting in the lot and she had absolutely nothing to get into it or start it with. Her sister had already called the dealer. They said they could order a key but it would take several business days, the car would need to be towed in since they needed to decode the lock, and they strongly recommended rekeying the door locks since the stolen key could still get someone inside. The combined estimate came back high enough that her sister went quiet for a second before repeating the number out loud.

I got there that night with my decoding tools and a key cutter in the van. When all keys are gone, I work from the lock itself. I read the lock cylinder to get the bitting, then cut two new keys on site. No towing, no waiting on parts to ship, no multi-day turnaround. Both keys worked before the officer finished taking her report in the parking lot.

She drove home that night. The dealer route would have cost her significantly more and left the car sitting for days. The stolen key can still slide into the door lock, which is why I told her to think about rekeying the cylinders when she had a moment. But she had working keys in her hand and the car was no longer stranded.

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