Ignition Repair in Melbourne
Key won’t turn, or turns and does nothing.
Can’t talk now? Leave your number and we’ll ring you
- Public liability insured
- 24/7, including public holidays
- 15–25 minutes typical response
- No call-out fee*
- No hidden rates*
- 1 year workmanship warranty*
- 6 years in Melbourne
- Home, business and vehicle
- No call-out fee
- No call-out fee when the job goes ahead as booked. If you cancel after your locksmith has already set off, the trip is charged — the cancellation policy on your booking says how much.
- No hidden rates
- The figure you approve is the figure you pay for the job as described. If the job turns out genuinely different on site, that figure still stands until you approve a new one. Anything you have not agreed to is never charged.
- 1 year workmanship warranty
- What the warranty covers depends on the job and on the parts — ask us what applies to yours. It sits alongside your rights under the Australian Consumer Law, which no warranty can exclude.
Recent work
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Repair or replacement of a worn or jammed ignition barrel. Where the fault turns out to be electrical rather than mechanical, your locksmith will tell you it’s an auto-electrician’s job rather than charge you to find that out twice.
Common questions about ignition repair
What is the price for ignition repair?
This one is priced on the phone rather than online, because what it takes varies more than a form can tell. Ring 0481 229 929 and you get the figure before anyone sets off.
How long do you allow for ignition repair?
We allow about 2 hours on site for this one, which is what the diary reserves when you book it — so the time you are given accounts for it rather than being an estimate on top of it.
Do you do ignition repair for a vehicle?
Yes — this one is priced as vehicle work, under its own rules. If your job is a different kind, the price checker will put you on the right one rather than quoting you the wrong rate, and the same locksmiths do all three.
I’m locked out right now — what’s the fastest thing to do?
Call. A phone call is faster than any form, and the person answering can start arranging someone while you talk. If you would rather not speak to anyone, check a price online and pick the earliest time offered — the booking goes to your locksmith the moment you confirm it.
How long will you be?
You are given a time window before you book, not after — and it comes from the real diary, so it accounts for the jobs already on it. Nobody here will tell you "twenty minutes" to get you off the phone. If the window we can offer does not work for you, say so and we will tell you honestly what else is possible.
Will I know the price before you start?
Yes, and it is the same price whether you book online, over the phone or through the assistant — they all read one price list. If something outside that scope turns up once your locksmith is there, they will explain it and get your agreement before doing it. Work you did not agree to is not work you get charged for.
Is there a call-out fee on top?
The figure you are shown before booking is the price for the job, not a starting point with extras added afterwards. If a call-out or after-hours amount applies to your job, it is already inside that number and the conditions that produced it are shown with it.
Do you cover my suburb?
Enter your suburb when you check a price and the site answers immediately — including telling you plainly if you are outside the area, rather than taking a booking it cannot serve. We cover much of metropolitan Melbourne.
Do I have to prove the property or car is mine?
Yes, every time, with photo ID and something connecting you to the address or the vehicle — a licence, a rates notice, a lease, a rego paper. It is not negotiable and there is no version of this job where we skip it. It is the same rule that stops somebody else asking us to open your door.
Get a quote for your ignition repair
Answer what you can — anything you are unsure of, leave it. Your locksmith reads it and comes back with a price, usually within the hour during business hours.
Rather not fill in a form?
Leave your number and we’ll ring you.
Priced by the job, not by the hour — the figure you approve is the figure you pay for the job as described.*
*If your locksmith arrives and the job turns out genuinely different from what you told us — a different lock, extra doors, damage nobody mentioned — you get a plain explanation and a new figure before any work starts, and you can say no. Anything you haven’t agreed to is never charged.
Would rather just talk to someone?
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