County Auto Keys

About County Auto Keys

County Auto Keys provides auto locksmith services to South Wales, specialising in replacing and programming car keys and gaining entry to vehicles. It operates during traditional business hours and also has an emergency mobile service. The owner, David, started his career as a locksmith apprentice in 1997 at a well established Newport based lock and safe company.

The services listed are a roadside service for lost, damaged or stolen car keys, replacement locks and ignition cylinders, spare keys and remotes, and a mobile workshop that travels to the vehicle. Once there, the locksmith gains entry, produces a new key for a customer who has lost theirs, and programs it to the car with dealer level diagnostic equipment. A manual key is offered as a back up for vehicles that need only a standard key.

The business is based in South Wales and also deals with immobiliser faults caused by a key, resets modules and reprograms keys after flat batteries. A simple repair to an existing key is sometimes carried out. Replacement locks and ignition cylinders are kept in stock for when the originals fail. A manual key lets a driver get back into a car and start it, and spare keys and remotes are supplied for keys that are lost, damaged or stolen. Customers can get in touch through the contact page or call directly when immediate attention is needed.

David trained from the bench up at a Newport lock and safe company, moving on to call-out work that took in lock opening, safes, vaults and vehicles, plus non-destructive warrant entry for bailiffs. He has worked for himself since 2003, and the business now concentrates on car keys and vehicle entry. The website contrasts its roadside work with dealer waits of up to 10 days and the need to recover a car to the dealer for programming.

Vehicles are opened and a new key produced even with no original, then programmed with dealer-level diagnostic equipment. Replacement locks and ignition cylinders are carried in stock. Make pages cover Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda keys, keyless smart keys for later Fords and keys for Transit and Transit Connect vans, and roadside Mercedes key replacement.

South Wales and Bristol.

• Its own website, countylocksmiths.co.uk (home, about, services, ford, mercedes), read 4 October 2026: trading history, work detail, car makes, who runs it and areas.