ARC Locksmiths - Stevenage, Herts. Recommended

[Gamith]

Hello everyone,

 

I recently (July 2024) bought a 2005 (19 years old, it will be having it's 20th birthday in May) Alphard - it came with a full remote key and an unlock key (no 'fob') which we have since managed to lose. I have been trying to get extra keys for it.

 

The guys at ARC Locksmiths in Stevenage sorted me out.

I visited them to find out the the frequency of the current key and then searched on Ebay for matching blanks to end up getting 2 of these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/386967938897

 

(Which have 'J636 314Mhz +67 2005-2009 printed on the packet 🙂 if that is of any help to anyone)

 

After that the ARC guys cut the two blanks to match the current key (though they said that the blank metal was likely to be particularly tough so they hoped their machine was able to cope, but it was fine) and tested the locking / unlocking, opening / closing of the doors which all went well.

It was then a matter of the programming and after some delays and too-ing and fro-ing they found they needed a cross-over box to re-wire the OBD output for their kit to read it properly.

 

After that it was quite a 'simple' (for them - not for me 🙂 ) task to copy the settings onto the the new blanks and jobs a good'un - done in about 5 mins at the end.

 

I got them to cut a couple of house keys while I was there.

 

So if you are in the area and need some keys cutting / programming they know what to do for a 2005 (facelift) Alphard at least and I would recommend them. 

 

They are on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=arc locksmiths