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An automotive locksmith is a locksmith who specializes in unlocking vehicles. Other services provided by auto locksmiths include programming of transponder keys, key reproduction, key cutting by code, car key duplication, extraction of broken keys, and door lock repair. If you're locked out of your car (particularly if your infant or dog is locked in), then a professional automotive locksmith is the person you need to get your car open again quickly. Highly skilled automotive locksmiths can also cut new car keys, clone transponders, and create reproduction key fobs that activate the car's central lock system.

Locksmithing is a specialized trade, and in most countries it requires the completion of an apprentice program as well as some level of formal training in locksmithing. Automotive locksmiths must additionally learn the specific methods and hazards of unlocking cars.

For example, many people have heard of the Slim Jim car opening tool that is sometimes used by mechanic shops in North America and in Europe for quickly opening car doors. While they are simple in principle, they tend not to work on cars made after 1989, and when used improperly they can damage the locking mechanism to the point that even the correct key will not work any more.
 
An automotive locksmith will have a wide ranging repertoire of techniques and the tools necessary for the best results in unlocking the widest variety of cars. In some cases, the solution is mechanical, and in some cases the solution is electronic. Some tools work well with some model cars, while others don't. The skilled automotive locksmith knows, for example, when and how to use a Slim Jim and better still: when not to use it.

Having the number of a professional, dependable auto locksmith programmed into your cell phone can help you keep calm when you're stressed due to having locked yourself out of your car. You don't want to be scrambling for the number of an automotive locksmith - any automotive locksmith - when you're desperate. Get to know a professional, local automotive locksmith and be prepared if you should find yourself locked out.