Check every door and the trunk. Then think about where the fob is; a keyless car locks itself only when the fob is outside, which usually means a pocket or a bag. If someone is inside the car, especially a child or a pet in the heat, 911 comes before any locksmith.
Then it's a mobile locksmith, and around Renton that's usually within the hour.
Ownership first: registration or ID that matches, or the rental paperwork. Then the car is opened without harm to the paint, the glass or the weather seal. We don't explain the method anywhere, and that's deliberate. Keys inside: done. Keys gone: the visit turns into a key-making visit on the spot.
Skip the coat-hanger video. Bent frames and torn seals cost more time than the lockout did.
If you can see the keys, it's an opening. If you can't find them, it's an opening plus a new key made from the car, same visit, same technician. Either way the car stays where it is.
Tell dispatch which case you're in so the right equipment comes out.
Locked trunk: open the cabin, use the release. If the trunk is walled off from the cabin, it takes longer, and you'll be told before work starts. Rentals open the same way with the agreement as proof; tell the rental company as well. Tow lots have their own rules and the lot has to agree first.
Trucks, bikes, work vehicles, classics: same call, different tools.
One spare, kept out of the car, is the fix. If today's visit is already making a key, make two. Skip the hidden magnetic box; a trusted person or the kitchen drawer is where the spare belongs. With a keyless car, feel for the fob before you shut the door.
It's the advice everyone gets on the way out.
Roadside or dealer only. A locksmith does it, at the car, and makes keys the roadside truck can't. Opening damages the door. Not when a technician does it. Too new to open. No such car. Lost key means dealership. Most keys are made where the car sits.
Usually under an hour around Renton; you'll get an honest time when you call.
No. The damage stories are from do-it-yourself tools, not from technicians.
Yes, that's the second half of the same visit.
Yes; the rental agreement stands in for the registration.
911 first, always. Then us.
Same-day service. Call us and we come out.