Ignition repair
A key that will not turn is not automatically a new ignition.
Stuck keys, worn cylinders, electrical failures and theft damage, diagnosed and repaired at the car.
Chapter 01
The five ways an ignition actually fails
A key that will not turn at all. A cylinder worn far enough that the wafers no longer line up. An electrical failure in the ignition switch behind the cylinder, which looks identical from the driver's seat but is a different repair. A key snapped off inside the keyhole. And damage from an attempted theft or a forced entry.
They present the same way and they are not the same fault, so the diagnosis happens before any parts come out of the van.
A Tigers Locksmith on site key job for a black Lexus sedan under a residential carport
Repair before replace
In many cases ignition components can be repaired rather than replaced outright, which saves both the time and the cost of a full swap. A worn cylinder can often be rebuilt and rekeyed to your existing key instead of being thrown away.
We check for that first. Replacing the whole assembly is the answer when it is genuinely the answer, not the default.
Mechanical and electronic ignitions both
Modern anti theft systems and electronic ignitions are part of this work, not an exception to it. On a lot of vehicles the fix involves both a mechanical repair and a programming step, because the car has to accept the key as well as physically turn.
The service vehicles carry the parts
Replacement components and the tools to fit them travel with the technician, so in most cases the repair happens where the car is sitting rather than after a tow.
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