Car Key Repair in Eastleigh

Car keys live in pockets and get dropped, sat on and soaked. A key that is failing rarely does so quietly — the remote range drops, a button stops responding, the blade starts to twist in the lock. Dealing with it early avoids the day it strands you.

Broken car key

Blades usually snap at the shoulder, either in your hand or inside the lock. Where the electronics are intact the key can often be re-shelled: the transponder and remote board move into a new case with a freshly cut blade, so no programming is needed. If a piece is stuck in the barrel it is removed first — see vehicle entry if the car is locked.

Car key not working

Common causes, roughly in the order they turn up:

• Flat fob battery — the cheapest fix there is.
• Worn or split rubber buttons, so a press no longer reaches the contact.
• Cracked solder joints on the remote board after repeated drops.
• Water damage from a washing machine or a puddle.
• A failed transponder — the doors work but the engine will not start.
• A blade worn so far out of shape that the lock no longer accepts it.

Repair or replace?

Repairs make sense when the electronics still work. Once a transponder or remote board has failed, a replacement key is the honest answer — and if your car has only one key, this is a good moment to add a spare while the original is still readable. You get both options and both prices before anything is done.

What to tell us

• Registration, make, model and year
• What the key does and does not do
• Whether the blade is snapped, and whether part of it is in a lock
• Whether another working key exists
• Where the vehicle is in Eastleigh