2004 Infiniti M45
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2004 Infiniti M45 Metal Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got a call out to the Presidio neighborhood in Santa Barbara on a weekday afternoon. A photographer had parked his 2004 Infiniti M45 at a dirt pullout near one of the canyon overlooks, spent a few hours shooting, and came back with no key. Best guess was it came out of his vest pocket somewhere on the trail. Gone.

He'd already called one other locksmith. That locksmith told him the lock cylinder would need to be drilled and replaced, and the number he quoted was painful. The guy was standing in the dirt, an hour from the nearest Infiniti dealer, trying to figure out if he should just call a tow.

I told him over the phone: don't let anyone drill that lock.

When I pulled up, the M45 was sitting right where he left it, lock intact, no damage. I decoded the door lock mechanically, read the wafer positions, and cut a replacement key to match. The whole process didn't touch anything inside the cylinder. When I handed him the new key and he turned it in the door for the first time, it opened clean on the first try.

The original lock works exactly the same as the day the car was built. No drilling, no cylinder swap, no tow to a dealer an hour away. He saved a serious chunk compared to what that other guy wanted, and he was back on the road in under an hour.

The dealer never even entered the picture.

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