Ignition Repair & Replacement
Key won't turn, key stuck, or ignition worn out — rebuilt or replaced at your vehicle.
from $180
Service
Broken Key Extraction in Louisville, KY
Key snapped in the ignition, door, or trunk — removed cleanly without damaging the lock.
$85–$220
Typical range
15–45
minutes
24/7
Answered every day
Keys break because they wear. Every insertion shaves a little metal, the blade thins at its weakest point, and one ordinary morning it shears off inside the lock.
The extraction itself is usually straightforward for someone with the right tools. It becomes expensive when someone has already tried to fix it with pliers, tweezers, or superglue.
Key Squad extracts the fragment with proper spiral and hook extractors, then cuts you a fresh key on the spot so you are not stranded with a hole where your key used to be.
What’s included
Proper extraction tools
Spiral and double-hook extractors designed to grip a key blade inside a wafer stack, rather than improvised tools that scar the cylinder.
Replacement cut on site
Extraction alone leaves you with no key. We cut a fresh one — and program the transponder if your vehicle needs it — in the same visit.
Any lock
Ignition, driver's door, trunk, glovebox, and toolbox locks.
Lock preserved
Done correctly the cylinder is undamaged and needs no replacement. That is the whole point of calling rather than improvising.
How the visit goes
- 1
Assess the fragment
We check how deep the break is and whether the wafers are still aligned. That determines the technique.
- 2
Extract
The fragment is gripped and withdrawn along the keyway rather than forced.
- 3
Inspect the cylinder
We verify no wafers were bent or displaced during the break or the extraction.
- 4
Cut a replacement
A new key is cut to code — not copied from the broken fragment — so you get a full-depth key rather than another worn one.
Broken Key Extraction — common questions
Can I get the broken key out myself?
Please do not try. Superglue bonds the fragment to the wafers and turns a 20-minute extraction into a cylinder replacement. Pliers and tweezers push the fragment deeper and bend wafers. If the fragment is protruding far enough to grip with your fingers, gently pull it straight out — otherwise call.
Will my lock need to be replaced?
Very rarely, when the extraction is done properly. The cylinder is designed to have a key in it. Damage almost always comes from improvised removal attempts rather than the break itself.
Why did my key break in the first place?
Metal fatigue. Every use wears the blade a little thinner, and worn keys concentrate stress at the shoulder. If one key has broken, any other keys of the same age are on the same path — this is a good moment to cut fresh ones to code.
Can you extract a key and program a new one in one visit?
Yes. The van carries the extractors, the code machine, and the programming equipment, so extraction and replacement happen back to back.
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Stuck right now? Let's get you moving.
Tell us the year, make, and model and we'll give you a firm price on the phone — before anyone is dispatched.
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