Lock Rekey

Lock rekey starts from $70 per lock. Locksmith Auto rekeys deadbolts, knob locks, and entry handlesets right at your door. We swap the internal pins so your old keys stop working and you get new ones. The lock hardware itself stays put.

Think about this for a second. You just moved into a new place. The previous owner had keys. So did their family, the real estate agent, the cleaning crew, and whoever did the last round of repairs. That's a lot of key copies out there, and you don't know where any of them ended up. Rekeying all your exterior locks costs $70-100 per lock. Full replacement runs $150-300. For a house with 3 doors, rekeying saves you $240-600 easily.

The whole thing takes about 15 minutes per lock. We pull the cylinder out, dump the old pin stack, drop in new pins matched to your new key, put it back together, and test from both sides of the door. Your lock body, trim, finish, all of it stays the same. Only the pins change.

One thing customers love: we can key all your locks alike during the same visit. One key opens your front door, back door, side door, garage entry. No more fumbling through a ring of four different house keys. Keying alike doesn't cost anything extra when it's done during the rekey appointment. We did a full-house rekey for a family in Orlando last week who'd been juggling five different keys for three years. They couldn't believe they waited that long.

So when should you rekey vs. replace? Rekey when the hardware's in good shape but you need new keys. New home, lost key, roommate moved out, that kind of thing. Replace when the locks are physically damaged, visually dated, or below Grade 2 security. If you've still got Grade 3 builder-grade hardware from the 1990s, it's worth spending the extra on proper Grade 2 deadbolts instead of rekeying old stuff.

Locksmith Auto offers a discount when you rekey 3 or more locks in one visit. First lock is $70, each additional lock runs $50-65. A full-house rekey of 4 locks comes out to roughly $220-265 total. Every rekey includes 2 new keys per lock, testing, and a 90-day warranty.