Kia key replacement cost at dealership vs local locksmith

[Kestas]

Check your local Batteries Plus, they do keys for a reasonable fee.

https://www.batteriesplus.com/service/key-fob-replacement

The mobile locksmith outside Costco quoted me $280.

Nobody does BMW keys.

 

[zzyzzx]

I make my own keys at home using a laptop and a paid version of Forscan ($12 per year).

 

[PWMDMD]

I make my own keys at home using a laptop and a paid version of Forscan ($12 per year).

In 30 years of owning cars I've never once lost a key - and then I had kids who drive!

 

[zzyzzx]

In 30 years of owning cars I've never once lost a key - and then I had kids who drive!

I used Forscan to make spares for used vehicles that only came with one key.

 

[Vil_Riker]

"Frequently returned" .... who would have guessed that.

Autel AP200 works a few times and then quits working with the app.

 

[4wd]

My 2020 Wrangler only had one key. I got the new one through a locksmith, plus the programming, and 2 keys just for unlocking the doors for $250. I wouldn’t go to the dealership.

He had never seen a vehicle with push button start but manual door locks and hand crank windows.

It’s a Jeep thing.

Guess it’s model dependent - mine is electric …

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

Well at least it has two keys or did have. When you buy a new Toyota nowadays they come with one key and you have to come back for the second one. Their excuse still to this day is the chip shortage. But I always would go to the locksmith over the dealership. We got a quote from my work for an extra key for my dads Buick and it was like $300 some dollars and an hour of labor to program so it would be like $430 with my discount. But those switch blade keys are always a little bit more expensive but over $1k is just insane.

When we went to take delivery of the wife's 2018 Honda Accord Exl , they tried the "we only have one key for you." I said, "that is ok , You all can just give that one key to whoever you sell it to because I am not leaving this dealership with that car without two keys." The sales guy looked like a deer in headlights and it took him a second or two to realize I was not joking. We ended up with two keys. I do not think those cars that year had the newer type chips in them.