Car door lock rekeying involves replacing the lock pins found in your current lock or changing the wafer or tumbler setting so that you are able to unlock the car with a new set of keys.
Car door lock cylinder rekey.
How to recode most car door lock cylinders to work with any key you have.
A mobile locksmith company will charge additional fees such as a service call fee to travel to your car s location.
The most common reason that an ignition is rekeyed is that after an ignition replacement the customer would like to operate their car locks with one key.
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How much does it cost to rekey a car door lock.
Carefully reassemble your door lock mechanism and try your new key.
With any luck your new key will work perfectly and you will have successfully re keyed your car door lock.
A new ignition cylinder that you would get as a replacement does not come with keys to your car.
Any quality replacement cylinder will come with keys that are already coded to it.
This video explains how to rekey a door lock cylinder for a gm s series vehicle such as an s10 sonoma blazer jimmy or bravada.
Once you rekey your lock the old keys will no longer function.
If your key for some reason does not work you must remove your door lock and re cut a new key.