What Are Car Tansponder Keys? Here's What You Should Know About Them

If you're wondering what car transponder keys are, they're basically electronic car keys that let you lock and unlock your car and the trunk by simply pressing simple lock and unlock buttons. It used to be that you needed to drive a key to car's keyhole to open and close it, but with transponder keys, you can open your cars even when you're some distance away from it.

When you press a button on the key, it transmits signals to the car. Like regular keys, your car will only respond to your transponder. And like regular keys, you should investment money in locksmiths that specialize in making transponder keys, just in case you lose the one you have right now.

Replacement transponder keys are not cheap. Transponder key service for Gold Coasters  could cost you $100 or more if you live in California. On the other hand, regular car keys cost only $3 to have a locksmith replace them. All transponder keys need to be programmed. While some dealerships do it for free, some will charge you one hour or 30 minutes of labor. You can actually do it yourself with the right combination of presses on the button if you don't like paying someone to program your transponder keys. You can find information on how to do it online.

Just search for "how to program transponder keys" on Google or any other search engine.

When you press a button on the key, it transmits signals to the car. Like regular keys, your car will only respond to your transponder. And like regular keys, you should investment money in locksmiths that specialize in making transponder keys, just in case you lose the one you have right now. On the other hand, regular car keys cost only $3 to have a locksmith replace them.

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Gold Coast

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The Role Of The Auto Locksmith And Results

If you have ever wondered if the role of an auto locksmith was needed, wait until you lock your keys in your car during an out of town trip and see what you think then.

The auto locksmith usually carries three tools with him for the purpose of getting into a locked car: the Slim Jim, the AJ tool, and the Auto Jiggler.

The Slim Jim is a flat steel strip that has a notch at the bottom and it slips between the glass of the window and the weather stripping in order to hit the lock mechanism inside the door and unlock it. The locksmith will usually carry several different Slim Jims with different lengths to accommodate different makes of cars.

Before you try this yourself, please note that there are several makes of cars that if this procedure is done improperly by an untrained person, the airbags can be disabled, along with the ignition and the electrical system of the car.

The AJ tool is used on older cars where the raised lock buttons on the doors. When the locksmith uses the AJ tool, he feeds the device through space between the window glass and the door, so as to manipulate the device around the lock button so it can be pulled up to unlock the door.

An auto jiggler can really be described as a tool that does two jobs. It can double as a key or a lock picking device. Resembling a set of a ring of keys, with each key having its own shape that is designed to pick a car lock. Each model of car requires a different shape so the locksmith can pick the lock, and get into the car.

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So, no matter what kind of car you have, an auto locksmith can be available in most communities to help you our in this type of emergency.

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Gold Coast

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Transponder Car Keys Ensure Security but Can Also Be Problematic

A transponder car key is one in which there is an electronic transponder chip that needs to be read and verified by the car, before it will allow the ignition to be activated. The mechanical part of the key acts to release the steering lock, while some keys may also have remote control for unlocking doors and switching of an installed anti-theft alarm.

Problems do arise when you have lost your keys, had them stolen or they stop functioning. Cutting a new car key rarely cost more than a couple of dollars, but the expense is from the electronic chip that needs to be put in along with any new programming that the vehicles computers will understand. This can set you back quite a bit. It is sensible to ask for an extra set of these keys when you first acquire a vehicle. You must arrange to keep this away safely, even in a bank vault if necessary, as if it falls in the wrong hands your vehicle is in serious danger of being stolen.

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Mechanical locks are easily repaired or new ones prepared by locksmiths down the road, but for transponder car keys you will have to visit the specialists, or even your original dealer. The dealers have very high markups for such replacements, and it will be less expensive to look for certified professionals that can get you a new key, that is programmed to suit your car. Make sure that the person or agency is one of repute and can be trusted. Test you new keys thoroughly especially if it is one that performs a number of functions. Transponder keys do not need to be charged as this function will be performed while the keys are in use and the car is running.

Terry’s Locksmith Service

Gold Coast

Contact us:  07 5520 2066