Car Key Replacement in Jacksonville, FL

Proving the car is yours

A new car key gives full control of the vehicle, so expect to show that the car is yours before one is cut or programmed. Have ready:

• Photo ID with a name that matches the vehicle records.
• Registration or title. If it is in the glove box of a locked car, say so; if it is lost, the motor-vehicle agency that issued it can provide a replacement.
• The VIN, on the dashboard plate visible through the driver's side of the windshield and on the door-jamb label.
• Lease or loan papers, if the car is leased or the registration names a lender or a company.

Where Jacksonville keys go missing

• At home. Search the house, the driveway and the pockets of everyone who drove the car before deciding a key is lost. Keep the car parked where it can be reached.
• At a game or concert. Near EverBank Stadium, VyStar Ballpark or Veterans Memorial Arena, a key dropped in a crowd may have been turned in. Contact the venue or the city garage that sold the event parking, and note the lot or level you used.
• At the office. If the key went missing at work in a Northbank office tower, ask the front desk or building management about turned-in keys before assuming it is gone.

Spares and storm season

Losing the only key the week an evacuation is ordered is a hard way to learn there is no spare. A second key made while the first still works is the simple fix, and spare house and car keys belong in the evacuation kit rather than in the car.

What to have ready

1. Year, make, model and trim.
2. The key type: plain metal, key with a chip, flip key, or push-button start fob.
3. How many keys are lost, and whether any working key remains.
4. Where the car is parked and whether it is locked.

See car key replacement for the service. A remote that has stopped working is a job for key fob programming, and the Jacksonville page has the local overview.