Prompt Locksmith Services For Vehicles In Brisbane

Automotive Locksmith Services

You rely on your car to get you to and from work, home and other locations. With all that you manage in a day, you could be distracted enough to accidentally lock your keys in your car. Should you lock yourself out of your vehicle, call Rivercity Locksmiths & Security. Our automotive locksmiths proudly serve anyone in the Brisbane area who needs our expert services.

Our automotive locksmiths are available 24/7, and our mobile unit allows us to arrive quickly at any of the following locations:

Acacia Ridge
Ashgrove
Bellbowrie
Brisbane
Corinda
Darra
Forest Lake
Fortitude Valley
Goodna
Graceville
Inala
Indooroopilly
Ipswich
Kenmore
Mt Ommaney
New Farm
Oxley
Pullenvale
Springfield
Sumner Park
Toowong

Since 1999, we’ve provided residents of Brisbane and the surrounding areas with reliable automotive locksmithing services. Count on our locksmiths to arrive at your location quickly and unlock your car or make new keys or transponder keys for your car so you can get back to your routine.

Our automotive services include:

Open car and truck doors (if you've locked your keys inside your car or lost your keys)
Surf keys (this key will only open your car, not start it and can be taken into the water or surf with you)
Automotive key cloning
Lost and stolen keys: insurance replacements available (if your keys have been stolen, we can make new keys for your car, motorbike or truck/bus)
Lock and ignition repairs and replacements
Locks and ignition re-keys
Made and coded transponder keys
Remotes for cars and garage doors
Remote batteries
Extraction of broken keys

We can help with all makes and models of vehicle and all types of locks and keys. Wherever you are in Brisbane, Ipswich and the surrounds, give us a call and our automotive locksmiths will meet you at home, work, outside the gym or anywhere you’re stranded, quickly.

With one of our emergency automotive locksmiths never too far away, you needn’t ever worry. Schedule an appointment or call us with your automotive emergency today.

What Is A Transponder Key?

A transponder key contains a chip to disarm a vehicle’s immobiliser, when the car key is used to start the engine. Most keys of vehicles built after 1995 contain a transponder chip. Once the car key is turned in the ignition, the engine control unit (ECU) on the car sends an electronic message to the key, this will allow the car to start only once it receives the correct message back.

So, even for a simple car key without any buttons, the key must be cut correctly to turn the locks and programmed correctly to disarm the immobiliser. Car keys with chips can be programmed using special programmers. Transponder keys were produced to prevent the car from being hot-wired or stolen.

At Rivercity Locksmiths & Security we use the latest equipment to clone and program most transponder keys using your existing key. Creating a spare key will save you hundreds of dollars, compared to the cost of a replacement key supplied by the vehicle manufacturer or dealer if ever you lost your key.

Some brands we can clone and make transponder keys for: