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Automotive, Commercial & Residential Locksmith Service

Mobile Locksmith Shop

We are loving our new mobile locksmith shop. This is a full service rolling locksmith shop. I want to give a few shout-outs. Thank you Wittmeier ford Chico ca. for selling us this 2015 Ford Transit T250 and especially our salesman Brian for the great deal. (we like to shop local) Thank you Kevin Sharrah…
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Vehicle Year by VIN and VATS Chart

VIN and VATS Word DocGreetings: I usually post information for my customers, but this post is more for the Locksmiths in the community. I have been using a guide called AutoSmart that has a chart to find the vehicle year by the 10th letter of the vehicle identification number (VIN). This is important because transponder…
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New Service Van

To serve Chico’s locksmith needs better I purchased a small service van that can travel farther, enter parking garage structures and I’ll be able to do emergency calls when the other van is in the shop. Shes got a lot of miles but then again, so do I. haha. Happy 2024 everyone. Please be safe…
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Misscut Keys

Holiday Hours and lockouts

As for Holiday hours, well, we are “Kind of” always open seeing as I’m a mobile service. I generally work by appointment Monday through Friday 8-5 but if you need assistance this holiday season, please give me a call or a text and if I am available, I will be happy to help.  Locksmiths have…
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Honda fob

All About new Automotive Smart Fob keys

The state of the automotive industry: The industry is struggling to keep up with inventory, quality control issues, and keeping up with the latest software.  Seems every few years automotive manufacturers come out with new keys with higher encryption.  The latest theft I’m hearing about is folks boosting the proximity fob signal from your home…
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chico locksmith van

Discount Cheap Affordable Locksmith Service in Chico Ca

Greetings Chico and Butte county residence.  I prefer “Best Value” over the word cheap and I do feel our services are affordable (as I always try to stay price competitive and match prices when asked), but in these hard times I can see we need to give some better discounts to help our community. Until…
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Code Key

Toyota Key Code

Yesterday I went out and made a proximity key to a Toyota Prius from the key code. The key code of Toyota’s are traditionally located on the passenger side door lock.  Many new vehicles don’t have a door lock on the passenger side so in this case, the code will be on the drivers side…
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Harvesting Transponders

Reduce, Reuse and Recycling Transponder keys.

Well, with the latest “Stay at home” order, I have found myself with some free time on my hands.  I’m still working as our services are seen as essential and if someone gets locked-out I’m definitely going to go help, but work has slowed down a bit, So I figured it was time to reorganize…
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The challenges we face as a community in Butte County & the Covert 19 Corona Coronavirus.   Wow, we sure have had a lot of challenges in our North State the last few years.  The Carr Fire, The Camp Fire, and now the Covert 19 Coronavirus to name a few. As a community, we are…
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Steering Column

Lost Keys Made Here

I made keys to several cars this week, and Interestingly, two different customers brought me GM Steering columns. One, I was able to pick over and make a key, the other (and older style) I had to pull the steering wheel to pop the lock but I had a lot of fun doing these jobs…
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Mobile Locksmith Shop

Locksmiths near me video

Hello; Just a quick blog note to say we updated a bunch of information on the web.  Also, my son and I made a video I’m quite proud of (he filmed,directed and edited it). Locksmith near me <–link I’m calling it the Locksmiths near me video because I’m hoping people who are looking for a…
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