Chip Keys

Chip Keys

Chip KeysLocksmith Cars offers multiple services, including Chip Keys, for the entire Houston, Austin, Dallas and San Antonio metro areas. We're open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to offer you the best services possible at an affordable price.

Electronic keys for vehicle started showing up around 1989 as an optional feature for a few American cars and quickly became a standard for all car manufacturers with the formal name of transponder keys. The idea of VAT (vehicle anti theft) or PATS (Passive Anti Theft System) keys was using a small radio frequency chip device embedded inside the head of the key, when inserting a key to the lock, the transponder send an encrypted coded signal to the car electric ignition immobilization system, if the car doesn't recognize the unique digital code, the starter will shut down, making it very hard to steal a car by breaking in and tempering with the wires.

In addition, computerised automobile interface made it possible for many other programmable operation, functionality, gadgets and accessories to enable driver and passengers security and conveniency, using wireless remote control user can open front, back doors, sunfoof moonroof, trunk, remotely start, lock and unlock windows, use different layers of permissions to the vehicle resources and many more.

Unfortunately, technology is not cheap, prices of modern car keys are not as they used to be, a key need to be laser cut and programmed to match a specific car, duplicating and replacing car keys cannot be done at walmart, home depot or advance auto parts, since they don't have a permit to use key programmers to program and adjust key transponders.

Taking your car to the dealer is one way to duplicate, replace or convert car keys, but dealerships are very expensive and might involve a towing truck to tow the vehicle.

The second and the last legal option is a car locksmith service who is also permitted to carry key programmer and cutting machine to precisely copy and program automotive keys. Our company offers a mobile car locksmith workshop that can come to meet you any where to provide the ultimate stop for auto motive keys replacement, duplication and conversion, we have OEM factory and universal keyless entry fobik remotes and switchblade flip keys for a large selection car makes and models, foreign, europian, asian, japanese or American, our locksmith can make master, valet and almost any kind of key even if you left with only one or no key at all.

Moreover, if part of your key is broke, stuck, lost, cracked or stop working, we have wide range of remote parts, buttons, clicker, keychain, shells, cases, covers etc, hire us to replace, fix or refurbish your problematic car key quickly and put you back on the road to continue with your day.