Hello,

I'd be grateful for a bit of advice regarding keys:

We recently bought a 2014 Hyundai i20. The PO had obviously had a problem with the key and the ignition lock was changed but that was all, so it has a (new) key for the ignition and the original for remote and physical locking/unlocking. I've never been involved with key problems before and it's a new area for me.

I'd like to get this rationalised but looking for a cost effective way that doesn't involve haemorrhaging money to a Hyundai dealer...

There are videos on retumbling ignition locks - could I (or a locksmith) not just retumble the new lock to the old key?

What would have been the correct way to have done this - would Hyundai have to have been involved, or can car locksmiths do it?

And secondly, if we can get the original key reinstated, can a car locksmith reprogramme/clone the original to the new key, or is that dealer only? And presumably getting a new blade cut to the original locks isn't that much of a hurdle?

Many thanks.

Edited by UserError 2 on 03/10/2024 at 10:06