Broken Key Extraction: comparing quotes

Usually yes. The transponder chip and the remote electronics live in the plastic head, and the head is the part that stays in your hand when the blade snaps. Once the blade is extracted, a new blade of the right profile is cut and fitted to the old head, so the vehicle continues to recognize the chip without reprogramming. Only a cracked or soaked head needs the electronics moved to a new shell.

Vehicle key electronics

Fitting a new blade to a chip head, or moving the chip and remote into a new shell, is separate from the extraction and quoted as such, as is any ignition check.

Door or strike adjustment

When the key broke because the bolt was binding in a swollen or sagging door, correcting hinges, strike or weatherstrip is offered and quoted as its own item.

Locked or unlocked door

If the door is locked, the extraction is followed by opening it, which is quoted as its own part of the visit. If the door is open, the work is extraction and securing.