Daewoo Key Make

Originating a key for a vehicle can be done in several ways by a locksmith technician. In addition, most locksmith technicians should have guides and literature the normally would help identify the best way to make a key for a certain model and give additional info regrading the correct blank to be used. Unfortunately, there were many times where I followed the guides only to end up scratching my had to try and figure out why a key I made did not work.

Something that normally doesn't happen, but did happen few times in the past was me getting a call from a dealership to make a key for a 2000 Daewoo. I knew this type of model was Korean made. And although there were not very popular, you could still find those around the U.S. Since the dealership was not familiar with that model, but needed a key to sell it since one of their attendants lost it, they decided to call a locksmith (me). Before heading to the dealership, I reviewed the guides making sure I had the correct blanks in stock which surprisingly I had since they could have been used for other models as well.

Once I got to the dealership, the first thing I needed to do was review the guide again to find the best way to get a code in order to originate the key. According to the guide, taking out the trunk cylinder would have been the easiest way. As always, the guide did not disappoint, and I had the trunk cylinder out in no time. There wafers in the cylinder were all numbered which made it very easy originating the key.

After the key was ready finally, I went to test it and failed to work. for some reason I could burly insert the key. I went ahead and made another one, but it seemed to fail operating any of the vehicle's locks as well. As a last resort, I gave a call to a Boise locksmith co-worker of mine to see if he was familiar with that type of model vehicle I was servicing. Luckily, he did service few of similar Daewoo models in the past and told me that in this case, the guide was wrong, and the blanks that should be used for that particular vehicle were Suzuki blanks. After quick check in my inventory, I found couple of Suzuki blanks. After about several minuted I had a new key made and successfully tested.