Key Duplication

Car Key Duplication in Shreveport, LA: Spare Keys Before You Need Them

Most people never give a second car key a thought until the first one is gone, and by then the spare has vanished into an old move or never existed at all. Standing in a parking lot doing arithmetic on a tow is a poor time to learn what a key costs. A spare is cheap on an ordinary Tuesday and expensive to skip. Locksmith Shreveport handles car key duplication in Shreveport, LA and Bossier City, and it is one of the few locksmith jobs you get to plan instead of survive. We drive to your vehicle every day of the week from 9am to 8pm, evenings included.

Our Key Duplication Services

Duplication means we copy a key you already have, which is what keeps it the cheapest key work we do. Park the car wherever the working key happens to be, and we cut and program the copy on the spot with the same equipment we carry to emergency calls. The only real difference is that nothing has gone wrong yet.

• Spare car keys cut and programmed from the key in your pocket
• Remote head keys and proximity fobs paired with on-site key programming
• Extra keys ordered in when no copy is left, as part of mobile auto locksmith work
• House key copies cut during a paid service visit
• A key made from scratch when the spare turns out to be an all-keys-lost job
• Opening the vehicle when the only key sits shut inside it

House keys come with one plain note attached. We can cut them, but only during a paid service visit, because a mobile van has no counter for you to walk up to. If house keys are the only thing you need, a hardware store will charge you less, and we would rather say that than bill you for the drive.

What a Spare Costs Compared With an All-Keys-Lost Job

The gap between those two prices is the whole argument for getting a spare made early. With a working key in your hand, we copy the cut and teach the car to accept the copy, so the job stays short and the price stays predictable. Cutting and programming starts at $150 when you supply the key, and an OEM key that we supply and program usually runs about $350.

When every key is gone, the work changes shape. We have to originate the key from the vehicle itself and then program it before the engine will turn over, which means more time at the car and more equipment out of the van. The car also stays exactly where it stopped until that new key exists, so the day you lose to it belongs in the math as well.

A spare cut today costs a fraction of what the same car costs you once the last key disappears, and you choose the hour instead of the parking lot choosing it for you. Phone estimates are free, we quote a flat rate before starting, and evening hours and distance affect the final number.

Keep the new spare somewhere other than your key ring, because a spare riding next to the original disappears right along with it. A drawer at home works, and so does someone close by who you trust and can reach. A spare in the bag on the passenger seat is worth nothing the moment the doors lock.

Key Types We Duplicate

A plain metal key carries no electronics at all, which makes it the simplest copy there is, and older trucks around here still use them. A transponder key hides a small chip in the plastic head, and the car has to recognize that chip before the engine will run. The copy has to be both cut and programmed to count as a key, because a key that only gets cut will open your door and take you nowhere.

Remote head keys put the blade and the lock buttons in one body, while a proximity fob for a push-to-start car has no blade to cut and only electronics to pair. Most of those fobs hide a small emergency blade inside for the day the battery dies. We stock about 1,000 OEM keys and fobs in the van rather than cheap aftermarket shells, because a fob that drops its programming four months later was never a bargain.

How long the programming takes depends entirely on the vehicle, since some let us add a second key in a few minutes while others hold you to a security waiting period first. Give us the year, make, and model and we can tell you which kind you are driving before you commit to anything.

Why Choose Locksmith Shreveport

Our Louisiana locksmith licenses are for the firm and for the individual, and the owner is an ALOA Certified Registered Locksmith with 15 years in the trade. Look both of those up before you hand a stranger your key and your registration, because that is a reasonable thing to do. The same locksmith takes your call, quotes the price, and cuts the key.

Before a duplication visit, have the year, make, and model ready along with the working key you want copied. Keep a photo ID and proof of ownership handy as well, since we confirm the car is yours before cutting anything. Tell us on the phone whether your key has buttons or is a push-to-start fob, because that answer decides which blanks and tools ride out to you.

Car Key Duplication Across Shreveport, LA and Bossier City

We cover Shreveport, Bossier City, Benton, Haughton, and the wider Caddo and Bossier Parish area, roughly 45 minutes out. Since nothing has broken yet, you get to schedule this one on your own terms, and we meet you at your house or your workplace on a day that suits you. To set that up or get a free phone estimate, contact us with your year, make, and model.