1996 Hyundai Elantra
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1996 Hyundai Elantra
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Over near Historic Plaza Park in Oxnard, a guy flagged me down after I finished another call on the same block. His 1996 Elantra was parked on the street and the key wouldn't turn past accessory. He'd been wiggling it for ten minutes.
I looked at the blade. Ground down on both sides, rounded where the cuts should have been sharp. The key was original, twenty-eight years of daily use on the same piece of brass. He said it had been getting harder to turn for months and he just kept forcing it.
I pulled out my HY14 Lishi tool and decoded the wafers from the driver's door, where the wear pattern hadn't chewed things up as badly as the ignition cylinder. Clean read, all positions. Cut a fresh HY14 blank on my mobile machine right there on the sidewalk.
No chip to worry about. No programming. No OBD port session. The 1996 Elantra is a mechanical-only key car. The new blade slid into the ignition and turned like it was supposed to, smooth through every position.
He stood there turning it back and forth a few times, just feeling the difference. Said he forgot it could feel like that.
Whole thing took maybe fifteen minutes. A dealer would have wanted the car towed in and probably quoted him for a full ignition cylinder replacement on top of everything else. He just needed a fresh cut.
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“My Chevy key snapped while I was running errands in North Oxnard. He removed the broken piece from the ignition, cut a new blade, programmed the transponder, and tested everything thoroughly. The whole job was smooth and professional. Best automotive locksmith I have used.”
“My car keys were stolen on a cold evening and Nick drove all the way out to Santa Barbara. He got into my car, made a new key, and charged $100 less than another company. Friendly, skilled, trustworthy, and genuinely caring. Nick is a hero.”
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