Every Key On Your Lot — Fleet Keys in Fort Worth, TX
We come to the lot on a standing day, clear every trade-in that arrived without a key, and bill it once a month. No more sending cars across town one at a time.
What We Do On Your Lot
Trade-ins, fleet spares, auction cars and the fobs nobody else will touch.
We Work The Way A Lot Actually Runs
Whitlock started as one van servicing two used-car lots on the north side. Sixteen years later we hold sixty-two accounts across Dallas–Fort Worth and the model is unchanged: a scheduled day, a technician who knows your inventory system, and one invoice at the end of the month. Nobody on your team has to raise a purchase order to get a car keyed.
Built For Volume, Not One-Off Callouts
Franchise Dealers
Scheduled lot days that clear trade-ins before they reach the front line.
Open an accountIndependent Lots
Auction cars keyed on arrival so nothing sits waiting on a locksmith.
Open an accountCommercial Fleets
Spare-key programs with a register, so a lost key is never a downed vehicle.
Open an accountBody & Repair Shops
Keys originated for vehicles that arrived on a hook with nothing in the ignition.
Open an accountFrom First Call To Standing Lot Day
We Walk Your Lot
A free first visit to see your inventory mix, your key storage and how cars actually move through.
We Agree A Day
A fixed weekly or biweekly slot that suits your intake, so nobody has to chase a callout.
We Clear The Backlog
The first visit is usually the big one — everything sitting keyless gets handled at once.
We Bill Monthly
One invoice, itemized per vehicle and stock number, on net-30 terms.
Back To 1998, Including The Awkward Years
Anyone can do a 2022 model with a factory tool. The value is in the middle — the transponder generations from the early 2000s, the proprietary systems that never sold in volume, and the European models that need equipment most shops will not buy for one car a month. We carry it because at sixty-two accounts, that one car a month happens every week.
What Our Accounts Say
We were losing a day a week driving trade-ins to a locksmith across town. Whitlock comes to us every Tuesday, clears the backlog on the lot, and bills us monthly. That day came straight back to the sales floor.
Sixty-one vans, five different model years, and we needed one spare per vehicle stored centrally. They worked through it over three visits, labeled everything to our unit numbers, and gave us a spreadsheet at the end.
Took a car at auction with no key and no history. They originated a key from the VIN, proved ownership properly first, and had it driving off the lot the same afternoon. Two other shops had told me it was a tow job.
Common Questions
Do we have to have a standing day?
No. Plenty of accounts call us as needed. But if you are handling more than a couple of keyless trade-ins a week, a scheduled day is cheaper per car and stops anything sitting.
How far back do you cover?
Reliably to 1998 across domestic, Japanese, Korean and European makes. Older than that is usually a straightforward mechanical cut anyway — send us the year and make and we will confirm.
What do you need for a car with no key?
Proof the vehicle is yours — title, bill of sale, or the auction paperwork — plus the VIN. We will not originate a key without it, which is the same protection you would want on your own inventory.
Can you handle push-to-start and smart keys?
Yes, including all-keys-lost. Those take longer than a mechanical cut and some makes have a security wait period built in, which we will tell you about up front rather than on the day.
How does billing work?
Volume accounts are billed monthly on net-30 terms, itemized per vehicle and stock number so it reconciles against your system without anyone guessing.
Do you come to auctions?
Yes. We cover the Dallas–Fort Worth auction houses and can meet a buyer on site, which is usually faster than getting the car home first.