I am not around the corner from you and I am not going to pretend otherwise. I drive in from Tooele County for car work that is worth the trip, and you get one price on the phone with the drive already in it.
Every other locksmith result you are looking at claims to be right there in the valley. A lot of them are a phone number in another state that sells your call to whoever answers. This one is a real person in Grantsville who will tell you exactly how far out he is.
Out of Tooele County, east past the Great Salt Lake and Saltair, into the west side of the valley and on to downtown. It is roughly forty minutes from where the van is parked, and the Lake Point end of the county is closer to twenty. No canyon, no pass, nothing that closes in a storm.
A lockout is ten minutes of work, so nobody drives an hour for one. Cutting and programming a key at your vehicle is the job that justifies the trip, and it is the job the dealer charges the most for. That is the honest reason this page is about car keys and not everything else I do.
One price, on the phone, with the drive in it. Not a starting price that grows once I am standing next to your car. The nineteen dollar quote that ends at three hundred is the oldest trick in this trade, and it is why a market this size is full of people who feel burned by locksmiths.
The key machine and the programmer live in the van. That is the entire difference between a mobile locksmith and a dealership, because a dealer cannot come to a car that will not start, and a car that will not start has to be towed to them first.
Downtown and the airport, State Street, the west side, Sugar House, the university, and both Cottonwood canyon roads.
You land, you walk to the car after a week away, and the keys are somewhere in another state. A new key gets cut and programmed in the stall rather than the car getting towed off airport property.
Car key replacement →
Fob dead on level four, push button start car that will not wake up, and a gate that wants money before it lets anything out. I program a working fob on the spot.
Fob programming →
Keys on the seat at the bottom of Big or Little Cottonwood, phone at two percent, and it is getting dark. A lockout up a canyon is still a lockout, and it beats waiting for a window to get broken.
Car lockouts →
You asked what a replacement key costs, they told you, and you are now on your phone in the parking lot looking for a second number. That is most of the reason this page exists.
What things cost →It is not a scam on their end. It is the way the job is built when the car has to come to the shop instead of the shop coming to the car.
A car with no working key does not drive itself to a service department. That is a tow before the key conversation even starts, and it is a line on the bill that a mobile locksmith simply does not have.
The blank, the cutting, and the programming are usually three charges, and the programming is often booked as shop time at a shop rate. One van doing all three at your car is one number instead of three.
Service departments book out. A locksmith comes when I say I am coming, and the whole job is usually over in the time it takes to fill out a service ticket.
Keys and fobs are quoted on the phone, because the vehicle decides the price. A basic cut key and a proximity fob for a newer truck are not remotely the same job, and anybody who gives you one number for both without asking what you drive is guessing. See how pricing works.
Tell me what you drive, where the car is sitting, and whether any key still exists. You get a real price and a real arrival window, or a straight no.
801-834-0453Yes, for automotive work that is worth the trip. I am based in Grantsville and Salt Lake is a straight run east on I-80. You get one price on the phone with the drive already in it, before anybody leaves.
The dealer price is usually parts plus programming plus getting the car to them, because a dealer cannot come to a car that will not start. Cutting and programming at the vehicle takes the tow off the bill entirely. Keys and fobs get quoted on the phone, because the vehicle decides the price.
Depends where you are in the valley and what I am already working on. You get a real window, not a stalling answer. If I cannot get to you in a reasonable time I say so rather than leaving you sitting there.
Yes. All keys lost is normal work, not a special case. The key is cut and programmed at the vehicle, so the car does not need to be towed anywhere first. Have the year, make and model ready when you call and you get a straight price.
No. Anybody in this trade promising round the clock coverage is usually a dispatch company rather than the person who shows up. This is one locksmith and one van. Call or text 801-834-0453, and texting reaches me fastest.
Yes, though the drive means car work is the usual reason I come into the valley. Rekeys, lock installation, master key systems, access control and safe work all get quoted the same way. I am also government safe certified, which is worth knowing if the job is a safe rather than a door.
