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Vegas car locksdmith?

mehmehmehmehmehmeh Registered User regular
edited June 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
So I rented a car from avis in las vegas and I seem to have lost the key to the car. I have contacted the lost and found of everywhere I have been recently but the key has not turned up. My flight out of vegas is monday morning. I called avis and they said they can't help me with a spare and I need to get a locksmith to make me a new key and fob, it's my responsibility to get the car back to them. I declined all insurance and the road side assistance.

So does any one know a decent car locksmith in vegas - I will need new key cut, the keys are not locked in the car. The car is a 2009 kia with the newer style of car key (milled grove on sides of key) Any idea how much this will run? I assume I can should also contact a local kia dealer?

car was paid for with a visa card, would they cover any of the costs? or my auto insurance?

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Step 1) Call VISA and see what they might cover, if anything.
    Step 2) Call a Kia dealership nearby and ask about the costs of making a key.

    If it is one of the newer keys, you're looking at hundreds of dollars. If you also need the remote, that's even more.

    Edit: kk3.jpg

    I'm assuming it looks like that? If it's not one of the newer ones that are just plastic there and no special sensors, you'll pay much less. Call the dealership though first; they'll have the easiest time making a key.

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  • mehmehmehmehmehmeh Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    no it one of the newer keys, (thick rectangle of metal with a grove milled into the sides) This is turning into quite the nightmare since it is one of the fancy keys it needs to be programed by a dealer. So I basically have to get the car towed to a dealer for them to make a key and program it. and it has to be done today since they are closed on sunday.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    mehmehmeh wrote: »
    no it one of the newer keys, (thick rectangle of metal with a grove milled into the sides) This is turning into quite the nightmare since it is one of the fancy keys it needs to be programed by a dealer. So I basically have to get the car towed to a dealer for them to make a key and program it. and it has to be done today since they are closed on sunday.

    Towed? They can use the VIN to search their warranty database for the key codes. They should be able to work with you so you don't need to bring it in.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2010
    Alternately, does Avis just need the car itself brought back to them (one would think they would have spares themselves, they just don't go out and grab cars)? If so, see if you can just have the car towed back to the Avis depot.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Alternately, does Avis just need the car itself brought back to them (one would think they would have spares themselves, they just don't go out and grab cars)? If so, see if you can just have the car towed back to the Avis depot.

    Electronically programmed keys are fucking expensive, so even if they did have a spare on hand, they wouldn't let the OP off the hook for losing the key they gave him. They would charge him more than the cost of having a new key made.

    And no, it would not be cheaper for the dealership to remake a key if they had a spare to work from--the key code is all they need in any case. It's not as simply as cutting from a spare any more.

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  • useless4useless4 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Remember that once you turn in the car and they can't use it they will charge you every day until it's "usable".... usable happens on their schedule by the way.

    I would do what ever it takes to turn in the car with the key or it's going to redefine the word expensive.

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