Get a spare car key made in Winnipeg — before it's a $280+ problem.

Yes — it’s the cheapest insurance you’ll buy on a vehicle. A spare starts at $90+ (transponder) or $180+ (smart key). The day you lose your last working key, you’re into an all-keys-lost job — $280+ with me at your car, or $600–$800+ plus a tow at the dealer. Making the spare while you still have a working key is the whole point.

At RAXO Locksmiths in Winnipeg, a spare car key is $90+ for a transponder key, $160+ for a remote or flip key, and $180+ for a push-to-start smart key, all plus tax. The second key in the same visit is cheaper because the labour’s already paid for. You get the exact number in writing by text before I head out.

Yes, ideally a working one. With at least one working key, the job is quick: I program a fresh key directly to your vehicle so the car accepts it as an additional working key — that's what most spare jobs are, not a cloned copy of your old one. If you've lost the only key, that's a different job — see Lost All Keys — and it's priced separately ($280+).

About 30 to 40 minutes for most spare keys — transponder, flip, or smart — including programming, right at your car. Copying a plain mechanical key is 5 to 10 minutes. Smart keys can run longer because the vehicle's security check itself takes time — that's the car running its checks, not me running them.

Yes. I carry laser-cut (sidewinder) blanks and the machine to cut them. Most domestic and Asian vehicles from about 2010 onward use laser-cut keys. The cut is more precise than an edge-cut key — and it's also why a sketchy mall kiosk can't actually copy one.

Yes. The spare I cut and program matches your original's buttons — lock, unlock, panic, trunk, and remote start where your vehicle has it. I match the fob to your exact year, make, model, and trim before I program it, so it works just like the one you already use.

Push-to-start cars use a proximity fob, and the spare is another fob. There's almost always a hidden mechanical insert key inside the fob for manual door unlock — I cut that blade to match your locks, so your spare has it too. If all you want is a plain metal-blade key cut (no fob, no programming — for valet use, a glove-box backup, or trunk-only access), that's just the blank plus cutting labour, not the full fob price. Text me with your year/make/model and I'll send the actual cost.

Most customers do 1. If two drivers share the car, 2 makes sense. The second key is cheaper than the first because I'm already on-site — labour is the bulk of the cost, and that's already paid for. Tell me up front so I bring two blanks.

That's still a spare job, not all-keys-lost. With your working key as reference, I add a fresh spare directly to your vehicle's immobilizer — same price as a regular spare (from $90+, depending on key type). The job to avoid is losing the last working key — that's when costs jump to AKL pricing. Making the spare now is the cheap insurance.

Same job, different words — a spare, a copy, a duplicate, or getting a car key cut all mean adding a second working key to your vehicle. For keys with a chip — transponder or smart key — the copy also has to be programmed to the car, which is why I do it on-site at your vehicle rather than at a kiosk. From $90+ plus tax, quoted in writing first.

That's an all-keys-lost job, not a spare — I cut and program a new key straight to your car using dealer-level access, then test it, from $280+ plus tax (smart keys from $350+). If you still have one working key, making the spare instead is from $90+ plus tax and skips the $280+ plus tax bill entirely.

Yes — a spare before you leave means a lost key on the road is a quick fix, not a stranded dealer call in an unfamiliar town. Cut and programmed at your car from $90+ plus tax; book a day or two ahead for a same-day slot.

A second car key is the spare — a working key added while the original still works, from $90+ plus tax. It's the roughly $90-plus-tax insurance against the $280+ plus tax bill the day the original goes missing.