1998 Pontiac Firebird
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County
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1998 Pontiac Firebird
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1998 Pontiac Firebird MECHANICAL-KEY Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional
Got a call around 9:15 on a Thursday night from someone near Ventura County Medical Center. He was heading home after visiting a family member and snapped his key right in the ignition. Not the blade, the resistor pellet area. The plastic grip twisted one way and the metal went the other, leaving half a key stuck in the column.
He had already called two other places. One did not answer. The other told him morning at the earliest.
I pulled up in about 25 minutes. Extracted the broken blade from the cylinder, which on these fourth-gen F-bodies means working carefully around the VATS contacts inside the lock. Those two little wires read the resistor pellet every time you turn the key, and if you scratch them up during an extraction, you are adding a whole second problem.
Blade came out clean. I measured the broken key's resistance value with a multimeter right there on the spot, matched it to one of the 15 VATS pellet values, and cut a fresh B62 blank with the correct resistor inline. Tested it, the Theft Deterrent Module accepted it on the first turn, no lockout cycle.
The whole thing took maybe 35 minutes. He sat on the curb most of that time, texting someone updates. When the engine fired, he just nodded like he had been holding his breath the whole time.
Dealer would have needed a tow and a weekday appointment. He drove home that night.
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“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.”
“Tim is a hero. He programmed a master proximity key for a newer Volkswagen that multiple locksmiths refused to touch. He spent hours until late at night making sure every function worked perfectly. The skill level here is incredible.”
“Very professional and extremely affordable. The price was literally about three times cheaper than what my dealership quoted me. Fast service and no stress at all. Highly recommend.”
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