What year is the truck?
Lost all keys Cheapest solution?
I lost all my keys for truck. I tried going to dealer for new key to be cut it didn't work as I think someone previously replaced the ignition. I can get a new ignition with two keys for around 90 from the parts store which would work but I cannot get the old ignition out without a key to remove it. Is there a way I could remove the ignition without a key without damaging so I can maybe read the key code off it?
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Pull one of the door locks (if they match the ignition) and take it to a locksmith.
A good locksmith can hand file you a key in about 10 minutes. I have had it done before.
Have you looked under the truck for a hide-a-key that somebody forgot about? I have had that happen twice, saved my butt!
The trucks starting using the same key for the door and the ignition in what, 95? Does the truck have a different key for the doors? If so the ignition has probably been replaced. If not, have the dealer cut a key with the vin.
That's a real good possibility the last parts truck I bought when I pulled the front bumper off I found a key wired inside of the hole of the frame think the original owner forgot about it look like it was there for decades it was totally black.Have you looked under the truck for a hide-a-key that somebody forgot about? I have had that happen twice, saved my butt!
little known fact but AAA will do keys
its cheaper to buy AAA and have their contracted guy come to you than it is to buy a key for some cars...
its cheaper to buy AAA and have their contracted guy come to you than it is to buy a key for some cars...
I ended up getting a ignition off amazon and forcing my old one into startposition to remove it with screwdriver and a couple picks to get it out took some meesung around but it eventually came out. Popped the new ignition in and it started right up. I think im going to go to the scrap yard for a couple door cylinders and see if I can get the proper pins to rekey mine to the igniton key. Should be cheaper that using my ama as im out of service calls until April or March sometime when it renews.
You might consider (at least) pricing out what a locksmith would charge to re-pin your existing door cylinders (you take them to him) to match the new key, it might be $ well spent.I ended up getting a ignition off amazon and forcing my old one into startposition to remove it with screwdriver and a couple picks to get it out took some meesung around but it eventually came out. Popped the new ignition in and it started right up. I think im going to go to the scrap yard for a couple door cylinders and see if I can get the proper pins to rekey mine to the igniton key. Should be cheaper that using my ama as im out of service calls until April or March sometime when it renews.
Glad you got it working.I ended up getting a ignition off amazon and forcing my old one into startposition to remove it with screwdriver and a couple picks to get it out took some meesung around but it eventually came out. Popped the new ignition in and it started right up. I think im going to go to the scrap yard for a couple door cylinders and see if I can get the proper pins to rekey mine to the igniton key. Should be cheaper that using my ama as im out of service calls until April or March sometime when it renews.
Also the door locks aren't as picky about the key as the ignition, try some as you are going through the JY. Accidentally found that out when I used another set of GM keys to open my door, worked perfectly in the door but not in the ignition.
Ya my ignition new ignition key actually works for my doors too. It didn't work for the old ignition, but the doors fine. So now my one key works for all which is a relief.
Old door lock tumblers can be easy. I have about 15 old keys from GMT400's. Half of them will open either door on my Tahoe but only the right one will start it. SWMBO's son locked himself out of his truck once and had ignored my advice to use a Hide-a-Key. Same thing, I took my handful of old keys and opened the door on the third one.
Screw a locksmith, save those old keys, you never know when one might come in handy.
Screw a locksmith, save those old keys, you never know when one might come in handy.
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