Dealers make you tow the truck and wait days for a key. We don't. Our veteran-run crew cuts and programs FOBIK, transponder and proximity keys for Dodge Ram, Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Cherokee and Dodge Grand Caravan right in your driveway, base parking lot or job site across Fort Walton Beach and the Emerald Coast.
If you drive a Chrysler-family truck or Jeep from roughly 2008 through the late 2010s, you probably carry a FOBIK — short for "Fob Integrated Key." It's the chunky black fob with the lock, unlock and panic buttons that also slides into a slot on the dash and twists like an ignition key. It's not a plain metal key with a chip, and it's not quite the newer push-to-start proximity smart key either. It sits right in between, and that's exactly why so many general locksmiths and even some dealers fumble it.
A FOBIK carries an encrypted transponder that has to be married to your truck's immobilizer module. If that handshake isn't programmed correctly, the engine cranks but won't stay running, or won't crank at all. We carry the right blanks, the cutting gear and the diagnostic tools to pair a new FOBIK to your vehicle's WIN module on-site — the same job a dealer sends out for.
Newer Rams, Wranglers, Cherokees and Grand Cherokees moved to proximity smart keys with push-button start and keyless entry. Older ones (think mid-2000s and back) use a simpler transponder blade key. We handle all three generations, plus the plain remotes for power doors and liftgates. Whatever's in your pocket, we've made it before.
Tap your vehicle for the real key-type breakdown, lost-all-keys options and what it takes to program a spare on-site.
FOBIK insert-and-twist keys, proximity push-start on 5th-gen, and transponder blades on the classics — cut and programmed in your driveway.
Transponder remote-head keys on the JK, proximity smart keys on the JL and 4xe. Lost your only key at the beach? We come to the sand.
Keyless Enter-n-Go proximity smart keys, FOBIKs on older Grand Cherokees, and remote-start fobs — all paired on-site.
FOBIK duplicates that run the ignition, power sliding doors and liftgate. Perfect for family haulers and rideshare drivers who can't be down a day.
When you lose the last key to a truck or Jeep, the dealer's answer is usually the same: get it towed in, leave it, and wait while they order a key and fit you into the service schedule. On a Ram 3500 or a loaded Grand Cherokee, that tow alone can sting — and you're without your vehicle for days.
We flip that. We drive to your truck, verify the VIN and the immobilizer, cut the correct blade or key shell, and program the transponder to your vehicle on the spot. Most spare-key jobs are done in well under an hour. Lost-all-keys jobs take a bit longer because we have to pull the security code and initialize a fresh key, but it still happens in your driveway — not a service bay across town.
Wherever your truck or Jeep sits, we come to it — driveway, storefront lot, boat ramp or base-adjacent parking.
No. The cutting machine and the programming equipment come to the vehicle, so it stays where it is parked.
Considerably. With a working key present the new one is added alongside the existing credential. With every key gone the key has to be originated from the vehicle itself, which is a larger job. Full breakdown on our key fob and car key replacement page.
That points at the immobiliser rather than the battery — if the buttons still work, the coin cell is fine. Tell us the year and model and what the engine does when you try.
Yes, every time. Photo identification plus title or current registration with a matching name, before any key is originated.
Yes — those four are simply the ones we key most often. Call with the year, make and model.