Just back from a great vacation out of the country, but managed to lose my key ring in the airplane or somewhere. So now my wife and I are sharing one smart key for our 2008 HCH.

Local locksmiths charge about the same as my dealer, who quotes $155 for the key and programming. (And I just discovered they had sent me a $25 off coupon in the mail!). So I may go in tomorrow for what they say is up to a three-hour process.

Alternatively, there are some mail-order outfits that purport to have replacement keys that can be programmed, all for under $40 (I suppose I have to find a locksmith to cut the key).

Getting the key done at my dealer won't bankrupt me--it's a lot less than a day in the hotel where we stayed--but what would YOU do?

 

$155 sound pretty good to me. Not at all uncommon for replacements to run $300-800. $130 sounds better with the coup.

 

Thanks, S Keith. As always, you are the great HCH resource. And $155 minus a $25 coupon is even a better deal.

This is the same dealer that, on a routine oil change, added on replacing the cabin air filter, without my OK, for $70 labor. I will watch them like a hawk....

 

Locksmith near me charges much less than the dealer.

 

I should share my happy ending: I had called the hotel in Israel where I’d lost my keys. They couldn’t find them.

A few days later, they called. The keys had fallen between our two beds. They mailed them to me.

I’m glad I delayed replacing them. Now we have Tiles our key rings.

Thanks for the advice, folks!

 

That's a great thing! You have got the keys in the end without spending time to find a locksmith near your location.

 

I also used locksmith acworth ga for getting the new key and they charged reasonable cost for it.