Do you come out to Boise?
Yes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from the Boise Airport to the North End and across the Bench. There's no shop and no tow. The key is made where the car is parked: a driveway, an apartment lot or a downtown curb.
Most calls here are about cars: keys locked inside, every key lost, a spare, a fob that quit or an ignition that won't turn. We also help with house lockouts and rekeying.
Boise spots where keys go wrong
- Boise Airport parking. You land and the key isn't in your bag. Before we open the car or cut a key, we need your photo ID along with the registration or title, so if that paperwork is locked in the glove box, say so on the call and we'll work out how you can show the car is yours.
- A Boise River float or a Greenbelt run. A soaked smart key may recover if you pull its battery and let it dry overnight. If the key is gone, we make a new one and, on many vehicles, wipe the lost key so it can't start the car.
- The Boise State University area. Two drivers, one car, one key. A second key programmed at the car ends the parking-lot handoffs.
- Apartment lots off Fairview Avenue, Ustick Road and Overland Road, and Downtown Boise streets. Mention any gate code the locksmith will need to get in.
How the drive from Meridian goes
Meridian is the hub, and Boise is a big part of the route. The locksmith usually takes I-84 east and the I-184 connector toward downtown, or one of the long streets joining the two cities: Fairview Avenue, Franklin Road, Overland Road, Ustick Road or Chinden Boulevard.
Tell us where the car is and we'll tell you when we can be there. If a child or pet is locked in a car, especially on a hot or very cold day, call 911 first, then call us. Those lockouts get priority.
Have this ready when you call
- Year, make and model, and the kind of key: plain metal, a flip key, buttons on the head, or a push-to-start fob.
- A cross street, building number or garage level.
- Your photo ID, plus the registration or title.
- What happened. A key snapped off in the door is a different job from a fob that went dark.
You get the price on the phone before the locksmith heads your way. If something else turns up at the car, such as a worn ignition, you hear the new price before any extra work.
What happens once we reach the car
Paperwork first. Then the key is cut in the service vehicle, copied from your old key or made from the car itself, and programmed on the spot. Every key and button gets tested before we go: locks, trunk, panic and engine start.
A car with no key only reaches a dealer by tow. Compared with a tow plus a dealer visit, a mobile locksmith often comes out less.