We answer at 3am
Open 24 hours, seven days a week, public holidays included
We come to you
The van carries the workshop, so nothing gets towed anywhere
4.9 Star Reviews
Verified Google reviews from around PE
You hear the price first
We quote before we drive out, and that number does not change
We cut and program car keys at your car, and we sort the locks at homes in Charlo
Charlo is quiet, settled and full of houses that have had the same owners for a long time. Cars sit on driveways rather than behind gates, and most households run two or three of them. That is where nearly all our work here comes from.
A remote gives up overnight. A key goes missing between the kitchen and the car. Somebody closes the boot with the keys already sitting on the shopping. None of it is dramatic and all of it stops your morning.
We work as a mobile locksmith, so the job happens where you are. Your driveway, the kerb outside, or a parking bay wherever you happen to be. The cutting machine and the programming equipment travel in the van, so it gets finished in one visit.
Losing every key you own is still a same visit job. Lost car key replacement means we read the code off your car, cut a fresh key on the spot and program it so the engine starts. Chip keys get coded to the immobiliser through our transponder programming, done in the van while you wait.
Settled suburbs like this one have a particular problem with spares. A car gets bought, the second key goes in a drawer, and twenty years later nobody can find the drawer. By the time the original breaks there is nothing to fall back on.
House locks are the other half of our work here. Front, back, garage and gate usually means more keys than anybody wants on a ring. We can key several alike so one key runs the lot, and we change locks when somebody moves in.
A spare car key cut while the original still works costs a fraction of an emergency call out later. If you cannot put your hand on the second key right now, that is your answer.
Where we get called out in Charlo
Driveways give us most of it. Cars parked outside overnight, remotes that stop working in the cold, and mornings that go wrong before anybody has left the house.
Circular Drive and the roads feeding onto it bring the roadside calls, usually a key locked in the car while somebody stopped for five minutes.
We also get a steady run of second car jobs. The bakkie or the older car that has run on one key for years, until it does not.
Then the doors. Lock changes after a move, gate locks that have stopped turning cleanly, and worn keys that snap in the barrel.
Why Charlo calls us first
Charlo is about twenty minutes from our Seaview Road base in normal traffic.
You hear the price before we leave and it does not change when we arrive.
We carry blanks for the makes we see most, which covers Toyota, Volkswagen, Ford, Hyundai and the German brands, plus lock stock for the door and gate hardware these houses use.
You deal with the same small team every time. We are a Gqeberha business with a verified Google listing and a stack of reviews behind us.
Finding you in Charlo
We cover all of Charlo and the streets running into Walmer, Lorraine and the Circular Drive side.
Send your location pin, and either the make, model and year of the car, or a photo of the lock. That tells us what to load before we leave.
Our base sits at 51 Seaview Rd, about twenty minutes away. The drive is on us.
We're out this way most weeks — so you'll find us near:
Circular Drive, Walmer, Lorraine, Sunridge Park
GetKeys Auto Locksmith
51 Seaview Rd, Farms Port Elizabeth,
Gqeberha, 6390
084 513 4914
Open 24 hours, 7 days a week
FAQS
How quickly can you get to Charlo?
About twenty minutes from our Seaview Road base in normal traffic.
I cannot find the second key anywhere. Is that a problem?
Only if the first one breaks. Get a fresh spare cut while the original still works and you never have to think about it again.
I have lost every key to my car. Can you still help?
Yes. We read the code off your car, cut a new key on the spot and program it so the engine starts.
My remote stopped working overnight. Is that expensive?
Often not. Sometimes it is just the battery. Tell us the make, model and year and we will give you an idea before we drive out.
Can one key open my front door, back door and gate?
Yes. We can key several locks alike so you carry one key instead of a ring of them.
Do I need to get my car towed to you?
No. The cutting machine and the programming equipment travel with us, so the work happens wherever your car is standing.
Do you come out at night?
Yes. We work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including public holidays.
What does a new car key cost?
It depends on the make, the model and the year. Send us those three details and we will give you the price before we drive out.