Locksmith Colma CA | Car Keys & Lockouts

A small town that is almost all business

Colma is tiny and busy at the same time, which is unusual. Almost everything in it is somewhere people drive to. Hardly any of our work here starts at a house. Nearly all of it is a vehicle or a shopfront.

When you call, you get me. I give you the price before anyone drives out, and the person at your door carries ID and works for me. Licensed by the State of California, LCO #6970, bonded and insured.

The dealerships on Serramonte Boulevard

Serramonte Boulevard is one franchise after another, and we work with them rather than against them. A car lands on a lot with one key, or none, and instead of sending it away they call us and it gets done in their own lot.

The other half of this arrives as a bad story. Somebody was told to leave the car for three days. Somebody already paid a locksmith who could not do it and left. We get that call often enough that it is worth answering here.

You find out whether your car is one we can do while you are still on the line, not after a van has parked next to it. If the answer is no, you get the no. Guessing wrong costs you money and can cost you a lock as well.

The last one of these had already been attempted by somebody else and quoted by a dealer who wanted the car for three days. It was finished in under half an hour.

The lots on Colma Boulevard

There are two home improvement stores on Colma Boulevard, at number 2 and number 91, and both open at six in the morning. Those lots are full from that hour and they produce the most ordinary call we take: door shut, key on the seat, loaded cart or loaded truck bed standing next to it.

We open without damage and you go. If the key is gone rather than locked in, we make a new one beside the vehicle.

A note for the trade, since a lot of the early traffic here is contractors. If the van is in the company's name rather than yours, we still need something that ties it to you. A letter or an email from whoever owns it is usually enough.

The shops on Junipero Serra

The lot around 4945 Junipero Serra, with the bakery and the tea place and the rest of the strip, is somewhere we are in and out of regularly. Small businesses with a handful of doors each, calling about the unglamorous things. A back door that stopped locking. A set of keys that left with somebody who is not coming back. One of them we rekeyed end to end, every door, in a single visit.

A full rekey is almost always cheaper than new hardware and takes an afternoon rather than a day. We will tell you if a door genuinely needs replacing, and we will tell you when it does not.

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Colma locksmith questions

Another locksmith could not make my key. Will you be able to?

We answer that while you are on the line, before anyone sets off. Give us the exact make, model and year and you get a yes or a no. If the answer is no we say it and we do not try, because a failed attempt costs you money and sometimes costs you a lock.

The dealer wants to keep my car for days. Is there another way?

Usually. Most keys can be cut and programmed at the car, wherever it is standing, and the car never leaves your hands. Tell us the make, model and year and we will tell you whether yours is one of them.

My van is registered to my company. Can you still make a key?

Yes, with paperwork that ties the vehicle to you. A letter or email from the registered owner is normally enough. Get that ready while we are on the way and it saves everybody time in the lot.

How long until you reach me in Colma?

From our Foster City base it is usually 25 to 30 minutes. We confirm the real time on the call based on where the nearest van is.

Need a locksmith in Colma right now?

Call (650) 530-6646. We'll tell you where the nearest van is, when it will arrive, and the price range before it leaves.

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