Guides for when your keys go wrong
What to do first, what to avoid, and when it’s time to call.
- Lost your car keys and have no spare? Here’s what to doWhere to look first, who can make a new key, and what you’ll need.
- Key broke off in the ignition: what to do (and what not to)The first five minutes matter. Here’s how not to make it worse.
- Locked your keys in the car? Your options, fastest firstWhat to try, what to skip, and when to call 911 instead.
- Lost your car keys in the snow at Snoqualmie PassSki days and snow make keys disappear. Here’s the plan.
- Key fob not working? Battery, programming or brokenThree likely causes and how to tell them apart.