Lost, broken, or unresponsive car key fob? We come to you anywhere in Richmond — Steveston, City Centre, Broadmoor, or Sea Island — and supply, cut & program a replacement fob on the spot. No dealership order, no tow, no week-long wait.
A car key fob that won't lock, unlock, or start your vehicle doesn't have to mean a dealership order and a week without your keys. Our mobile technicians carry fob stock, key-cutting gear, and the diagnostic programming tools for most makes right in the truck — we replace and program on-site, in your driveway, a parking lot, or a Richmond mall parkade.
When you call us for key fob replacement in Richmond, you get a licensed locksmith who supplies and programs the fob at your location — not a parts referral, not a "we'll order it and call you back" delay. We handle lost fobs, cracked or water-damaged fobs, and fobs that have simply stopped talking to the car. Already bought a fob online and can't get it to work? We can program that too, on most supported vehicles. Whether it's a plain remote, a remote head key, a flip key, or a push-to-start proximity fob, we diagnose it and get you driving in a single visit.
Before you spend on a replacement, it's worth ruling out the cheapest fix. A fob with a fading coin-cell battery gives itself away: shorter range, needing two or three presses, or a low-battery warning on the dash. That's a two-minute swap. But if the fob is cracked, has taken water, the buttons are unresponsive at point-blank range with a fresh battery, or the car doesn't recognise it at all, the fob's electronics or its programming are the problem — and that's a replacement or re-enrolment. We check the battery first and never upsell you into a new fob you don't need.
| Fob type | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Fob battery replacement (if that's all it is) | $10–$25 |
| Reprogram an existing / online-bought fob | $60–$120 |
| Remote-only fob (supply + program) | $90–$190 |
| Remote head key (fob + cut key combined) | $140–$260 |
| Flip / switchblade key fob | $120–$240 |
| Smart key / proximity (push-to-start) fob | $180–$400 |
| All-keys-lost fob programming | $220–$460 |
Ranges reflect the fob part, labour, and programming. Luxury and European marques with proprietary systems typically sit at the higher end. We confirm your year, make, and model on the phone and give you a firm range before we roll — no surprises when we arrive.
Tell us your year, make, model, and what the fob is doing — dead, broken, lost, or one you bought online. We confirm the part and give you a firm price range on the call.
A mobile tech heads to wherever the car is — Steveston village, a Richmond Centre parkade, an Aberdeen Centre lot, or the YVR / Sea Island area. Richmond is our whole coverage area.
We cut the blade if there is one, enrol the fob to your car's immobiliser, and test every button — lock, unlock, trunk, remote start, and push-to-start — before we call it done.
Richmond's big draws generate their own share of fob emergencies — the YVR and Sea Island parking structures, the Steveston waterfront, and the mall parkades at Richmond Centre, Aberdeen Centre, and Lansdowne Centre. A fob that quits or goes missing at any of those spots leaves you stranded if you call a company that doesn't cover Richmond. We're local, so we know the parkades and the routes, and we can reach you on Sea Island or out in Steveston without a long wait.
We also cover the residential streets and the strata parkades: the condo towers around City Centre and Brighouse, the single-family homes in Broadmoor, Seafair, and Terra Nova, the fishing-village streets of Steveston, and the newer subdivisions in West Cambie and Hamilton. Wherever your car is parked across Richmond, a working fob is one call away.
We cover every Richmond neighbourhood — including Sea Island and YVR — pick your area for local detail on response times and common calls.
Fobs are one piece of the automotive puzzle — here's the rest, all mobile and on the same truck.
Everything else — same licensed Richmond tech, same one number that someone actually picks up.
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Car keys are priced by vehicle. Pick what you need and we’ll collect your make, model & year to text you an exact quote.