About

A key man who is
an auto electrician first

Smart Car Keys is run by John, a time served auto electrician working across Newcastle upon Tyne. Every job is done by the same pair of hands.

DBS checked Fully insured Mobile across Tyneside Keys cut and programmed
The background

Twenty years of vehicle electrics

Most of a car key job is electrical. The cutting is the visible half, but what decides whether the engine starts is the immobiliser, the aerial ring, the wiring and the coding behind it. Coming at keys from an auto electrical background means a vehicle that will not start gets diagnosed rather than guessed at.

Apprentice trained and City & Guilds qualified, with over twenty years spent on fault finding, wiring, diagnostics and vehicle coding.

Smart Car Keys is a trading name of Smart Auto Electrics. Same person and same equipment, under a name that makes sense when what you need is a key.

How it is run

Straight answers, booked appointments

Appointments only

Work is booked in advance rather than run as a 24 hour callout. It means the correct key and software are already on board when we arrive.

DBS checked and insured

Checked and fully insured, which matters when the work happens at your home rather than at a counter.

No overselling

If the fob only needs pairing again you will be told that, and if a vehicle cannot be done you will be told that too.

One person, start to finish

The person who takes the call is the person who does the job.

Limits

What is not covered

Vehicle entry and lockouts are not part of the service. Neither is emergency out of hours work. Motorcycle keys are not covered either, although motorcycle auto electrical work is done under Smart Auto Electrics.

Where every key to a vehicle has been lost, whether the job can be done on site depends on the make and model, so that conversation happens before anything is booked.

Questions

About the business

Who actually turns up?
John, who runs the business and does all of the work. There is no subcontracting and no rotating team.
How long have you been doing this?
Smart Car Keys started trading in July 2026, built on more than twenty years of auto electrical work behind it.
Are you insured?
Yes, fully insured, and DBS checked. Both matter when someone is working on a vehicle at your home.
Why is there a separate business for keys?
Because people needing a key search for keys, not for auto electricians. Smart Car Keys is a trading name of Smart Auto Electrics, and both are the same person with the same equipment.

Talk to the person doing the work

No call centre and no booking agency. The number goes straight to John.

07348 472 628
Appointments booked in advance Fully mobile