Who this is for
Trades are the natural fit: plumbing, electrical, HVAC and landscape outfits that send pickups and vans out from a yard each morning. Delivery operators with Transit and ProMaster vans have the same need at a higher count.
Rental and car-share units lose keys another way, with a renter or member. When no working key is left, that is a lost-key job: the table price plus $60 for the VIN work, with the missing key wiped from the immobilizer at no charge.
How a yard visit runs
Send the list first: unit number, year, make and model, and whether each vehicle still has a working key. We price every line from the table and give you the total by phone or text before anyone drives.
Tell us when the fleet is home, early before crews roll out or after they return, and we work out a time with you inside 7 AM to 9 PM. A unit with no working key needs proof of ownership: the paperwork that shows the business owns or is responsible for the car, plus ID for whoever signs.
The dealer math, times every unit
At a franchise service drive, each spare means a driver taking the vehicle in, programming billed separately at $100 to $180, and one to three days of waiting if the key is ordered. A chip key the dealer typically lists at $230 to $380 runs $125 to $199 from us, at the vehicle.
One caution up front: most Mercedes vehicles from 2014 on take keys only a Mercedes dealer can issue. Some newer Sprinter vans may fall there too, depending on the year, so we check each Sprinter by VIN when we read your list. Why our number runs lower on everything else is covered in why we cost less.