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Great service, great value and quick. Great all round. Thanks to Dan who really helped me out today.
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Dan was great, really helpful and accommodating when i was working with my insurer to make a car key claim. Also fitted us in at short notice before our holiday. Would highly recommend.
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Lost my car keys and called Car Key Masters Manchester. They picked up straight away and agreed to come out as an emergency job without any messing about. Fast, straightforward and genuinely helpful when I needed it. Highly recommended.
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Dan has just called to me to cur a new key for my Ford Fiesta, he was efficient, friendly polite and kept in touch I can’t praise the service provided enough, thank you and I would highly recommend this company. I paid £165 which is a good competitive price
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Jason and Linda
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Great service, replaced a lost key for our car. Mega quick and really friendly. Highly recommended
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So helpful , great sense of humour, was very thorough to ensure the job got done, arrived quickly and completed the job in good time also. Just amazing
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Good company very helpful got me in my car when the key fob stopped working and got me a manual key cut to lock and unlock it as my RFA antenna had failed Was with me within a hour great company
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Excellent service! Dan was very knowledgeable on what was wrong with my key card and offered some solutions to see if my own key card would work other ways whilst I gathered some money together to have it properly fixed. He came out and had a new key card programmed for me within 15mins. Very happy customer. Would recommend 👌
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Quick comms on WhatsApp and was really helpful. Turned up as promised. Keys created in super quick time. Nothing more to say really! Really happy with the service.
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Thank you so much to the lad who came out all the way from Manchester to Stoke-on-Trent to help with my Golf. My steering lock kept engaging when I turned my steering wheel which left me stuck. I searched mobile key replacement and this company popped up first, was worried about companies ripping me off but this gave a price over the phone and were completely honest and there eta was accurate. They managed to fix my issue without replacing the ignition barrel. Thank you very much for helping me out. Nice and friendly. Would reccomend this company if you ever have key or barrel issues.
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Emergency Auto Locksmith

Car Key Masters are Manchester’s emergency auto locksmith, available 24 hours a day with a 30-minute response time. Locked out, broken key, dead fob, lost your only key. A mobile technician comes to your location, fully equipped to get you back on the road without a second visit.

All technicians are fully insured and carry the tools for car opening, key cutting, and on-site programming. Call or WhatsApp for an upfront price before anyone sets off.

Services

Swift and responsive automotive locksmith solutions day or night.

Replacement Car Keys

Car Opening

Car Key Programming

Car Key Repair

Car Lock Repair

Emergency Auto Locksmith

Barrel Ignition Replacement

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What Gets Covered on an Emergency Call-Out

A general locksmith is not an auto locksmith. That distinction matters more than most people realise until they are standing at the roadside. Residential locksmiths work with pin-tumbler door locks. Auto locksmiths work with transponder chips, immobiliser systems, and proximity sensors. Sending the wrong trade to a modern vehicle wastes everyone’s time.

Car Key Masters work exclusively in automotive. The jobs that come through on emergency call-outs are all variations on the same problem: you cannot get in, you cannot start it, or both. Keys locked inside the car. A key snapped in the barrel. A lost key with no spare left anywhere. A keyless fob that went dead and took the car’s ability to start with it. Each needs a different approach. All of them get handled.

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How It Works

  1. Call or WhatsApp with your make, model, and where you are. A price comes back before anyone sets off. No arrival surprises.
  2. A technician is on the way within minutes. The 30-minute target runs 24 hours a day across Manchester, bank holidays included.
  3. The job gets finished at the roadside. A car opening, a replacement car key, or both. The van arrives with what is needed to complete it on the spot.
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Why Breakdown Cover Is the Wrong Call for a Lockout

Breakdown cover is designed for mechanical failure. A flat tyre, a dead battery, an engine that will not start. Lockouts sit in a grey area for most providers, and grey areas in insurance terms almost always resolve in the insurer’s favour. You call, they assess, they may dispatch a recovery driver who arrives without locksmith tools, and then they arrange a separate trade. That process takes hours. It is also avoidable.

Car Key Masters handle the whole job. One technician, one visit, 25 years of experience across every major manufacturer on UK roads. Five-star rated on Google and Trustpilot. If opening the car reveals the key needs replacing too, car key programming happens from the same van before anyone leaves.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Any situation where you cannot get into or start your vehicle and waiting is not an option. Keys locked inside the car, a broken key in the lock, a dead fob with no working backup, a lost or stolen key. Car Key Masters take all of these calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The target is 30 minutes across Manchester. How close that is to your actual arrival time depends on location and demand at the time. Call or WhatsApp and the team will give a real estimate before committing anyone to travel.

Out-of-hours rates are higher, as they are with any mobile trade. The price is quoted upfront before work starts. Nothing gets added to the bill after the job is done.

Yes. If a replacement is needed on top of gaining access, the technician carries the cutting and programming equipment to do it at the roadside. A second appointment is not needed.

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