1999 Mazda Protege
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

1999 Mazda Protege Metal Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I was parked off Alameda Padre Serra one Tuesday morning when the call came in. Guy up in the Riviera neighborhood, Santa Barbara, locked out of his 1999 Mazda Protege. Said he had pulled the key out of his pocket at the wrong moment and watched it go straight into a storm drain. Not his best morning.

I drove up the hill. The Protege was sitting in his driveway, both doors locked, no spare anywhere in the house.

I pulled out my decoder tool and worked the door lock. The Protege lock cylinder on these reads cleanly once you get it turning smoothly. I noted each cut position, punched the code into the software, and cut a replacement blade on the spot. The whole read-and-cut took maybe twenty minutes.

He tried the key in the door. It turned. He tried the ignition. It started right up.

He mentioned he had called the Mazda dealer first thing that morning. They told him to have the car towed in. He had already called a tow truck and canceled it by the time I arrived. That cancellation alone probably saved him a headache. The key itself cost him a fraction of what the dealer route would have run, and he never left his driveway.

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