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It is not as common today as it was years back to use the car key to lock and unlock the vehicle. Today, the vehicles use a key with a remote, a fob key or keyless system to gain entry or to lock the vehicle. Still, even with the new systems in place, a car has door locks, for example on the driver side and, or the boot, which can be accessed with a key or emergency key(for fob keys or keyless) in exceptional occasions like when a fob key stopped working. The main difference between yesterday’s door locks and today’s door locks is that today’s locks are not heavy-duty built, and as a result, their lifespan will be much shorter if and when a key is used for a longer period of time to lock and unlock the vehicle.
First and foremost, a working car door lock will facilitate entry into the vehicle by using a car key or emergency key fob blade when the remote key fob stops working.
On some makes and models, once the lock button is pressed to lock the vehicle, it will automatically go into a deadlock mode, while on others it will take two presses of the lock button. Once the vehicle is in deadlock, one way to open the vehicle when the remote fob and the driver’s side door lock are not working is to use the boot lock if it is connected to the centralised locking. This option is available for some makes and models like BMW E46 1999-2005 and BMW Coupe 1999-2006 as for the rest, is an auto locksmith speciality to open the vehicle as it requires in-depth knowledge and equipment.
A second reason as to why door locks should be kept working is because some makes and models like Audi TT 1999-2007, VW Sharan 1999-2007, Ford Galaxy 1999-2007, Audi A4 1997-2001 when car key programming is required it has to be done manually. A car key manual programming requires a key blade to be inserted into the ignition switch and a second one in the door lock in order to program a remote key fob.
Among other cars from the VAG Group, Skoda, VW, Audi, Seat, have a weak door barrel, which will not withstand daily usage of a car key to open the vehicle in lieu of using the key fob. These locks are meant to be used in case of emergency to gain entry to the vehicle when either the key fob battery or the car battery is flat or that the car fob key de-synchronises after battery replacement.
Aside from using some car door lock lubricant, which may unstick a frozen or jammed door lock, you can call Car Key 4 U the locksmith company in north London on 07821 106395. We can repair the car door lock or do a complete replacement of the broken car lock barrel, lock actuator.
Having the car keys lost or stolen poses a security risk for the vehicle of being stolen. To avoid this unpleasant situation, call us, and we will dispatch our mobile locksmith for cars to where your vehicle is located to:
Losing car keys always pose a security risk for the vehicle, therefore the first thing to do is to call Car Keys Solutions on 07821 106395 as the lost key(s) need(s) to be disabled or deleted to prevent any future unauthorised use of the vehicle. One thing to keep in mind, any car keys that are still available need to be present at the time of programming. When programming the new car key for vehicles in VAG Group, all keys registered within the vehicle will be deleted. As an additional service and for security purposes, we can recode the ignition switch and the door barrel. If it happens that the lost key is the only key, a good practice would be to get a spare car key. The reason for it is, depending on the year, make and model the process of making and programming a car key may be complicated and time-consuming. Regardless, the cost of making a new car key when no working key is present will be higher than making a spare car key.
The price of locksmith services for car locks replacement, repair or re-coding will vary from one make and model to another. For an accurate price, please call us TODAY on 07821 106395.
There are two scenarios for the BMW 3 series and 5 series especially for the station wagon. While the car fob key may be at fault and require a battery change, there are two other common problems found in the station wagons:
NOTE: From 1998 onward, the BMW diamond shape and from 2005 dash fob keys are sealed from the manufacturer, as they contain a self-charging accumulator. The charging occurs when the key is inserted in the ignition switch(diamond shape) or in-dash slot(dash key). Due to the fact that the accumulator has a limited lifespan(limited discharging cycles), it needs to be replaced and the process requires a highly skilled car locksmith as with the accumulator replacement, the casing of the key needs to be replaced as well because the keys were never designed to be repaired. Some of the models will require reprogramming of the remote.
Unit 1 153-159 Swinton Hall Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 4AU
Unit 1 153-159 Swinton Hall Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 4AU
We are a team of professional auto locksmith who are specialists in non evasive vehicle entry. All services are guaranteed and insurance approved. We can cut and program most makes of vehicles on the UK market. We have a large number of the most popular keys in stock and the ones we don’t are available for the next working day.
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