Mobile service across 48 Eastern Connecticut towns
We travel to your vehicle or your property. Nothing needs towing, and there is no counter to wait at. Check your town below, then read what local conditions mean for your job.
Or send a service request online if you cannot call right now.
Check whether we come to your town
Start typing your town, village, or ZIP code. If you are near the edge of the service area, call or text with the exact address or the nearest cross street, and you get a yes or no before anyone is dispatched.
50 service areas
- Norwich
- New London
- Groton
- Stonington
- Pawcatuck
- Waterford
- East Lyme
- Old Lyme
- Lyme
- Montville
- Ledyard
- Preston
- North Stonington
- Griswold
- Lisbon
- Sprague
- Franklin
- Bozrah
- Lebanon
- Colchester
- Salem
- Voluntown
- Windham
- Willimantic
- Mansfield
- Coventry
- Union
- Ashford
- Eastford
- Woodstock
- Pomfret
- Putnam
- Thompson
- Killingly
- Brooklyn
- Canterbury
- Plainfield
- Sterling
- Scotland
- Hampton
- Chaplin
- Columbia
- Andover
- Bolton
- Hebron
- Marlborough
- East Haddam
- Westbrook
- Old Saybrook
- Essex
Nothing in the service area matches that yet, but it may still be close enough. Call or text (860) 574-1635 with the address or the nearest cross street for a straight yes or no.
- CT registered locksmithRegistration LCK.0000486
- Insured locksmithWork done by an insured business
- Upfront quote and ETABefore anyone is dispatched
- Pay after the workOnly once the job is done
- Family ownedLocal and accountable
- Damage free entryOur standard method
Where we work
Dante Key Replacement covers 48 towns across Hartford County, Middlesex County, New London County, Tolland County, and Windham County in Eastern Connecticut. The service is fully mobile, so we travel to the vehicle or the property. Car key replacement, key programming, and lockout service for vehicles, homes, apartments, and businesses are available throughout the area.
- No storefront. Nothing is towed anywhere and no vehicle needs to be driven in.
- Every town has its own page explaining what local roads, housing, and access mean for the job.
- Accountable local provider. Read more about Dante Key Replacement and our direct mobile service.
Hartford County
Marlborough.
Middlesex County
East Haddam, Westbrook, Old Saybrook, and Essex.
Why there is no shop to visit
The most common reason someone calls a locksmith about a vehicle is that they have no working key. That is precisely the situation where the vehicle cannot be driven anywhere.
A shop based model asks you to solve the towing problem first, then the key problem. A mobile model removes the first problem entirely. The van carries the cutting and programming equipment to the vehicle, the key is made and tested where the vehicle sits, and you drive away in it.
The same logic applies to a house lockout. You are standing outside your own door. Bringing your door to a shop is not an option.
What this means for you
- No towing cost on a vehicle that has lost its keys.
- No waiting on a counter, and no second trip to collect anything.
- You watch the key get tested in the ignition and on the locks before the job is finished.
- Location detail matters more than it would at a shop, which is why every town page explains what to send.
Have this ready before you request service
Every item below either speeds the job up or decides whether it can be done at all. Having them ready at the start avoids a second trip.
- The full address, including a unit or an apartment number.
- Whether you own the property or rent it.
- Proof that you live there or own it, such as a lease, a deed, or mail with your name, plus a photo ID.
- Which door is locked and what type of lock it uses.
- Whether anyone else needs to approve the work, such as a landlord or a property manager.
Questions about coverage
Distance affects how long a job takes to reach, and any travel component is explained when you get your quote rather than discovered on the invoice. What it does not do is change the price of the key or the lock work itself.
If travel would make a job impractical, you are told that up front instead of being quoted for something that will not happen.
Not automatically. This list covers the 48 towns that make up the core service area. Being just outside it does not always mean the answer is no, particularly if you are close to a town line.
Send a request with your actual address and you get a straight yes or no rather than a guess.
No, and that is deliberate. Dante Key Replacement is a mobile service, so we travel to the vehicle or the property. There is no storefront in any of these towns and none is claimed anywhere.
That model exists because the most common situation, a vehicle with no working key, is exactly the situation where the vehicle cannot be driven to a shop.
Because the same job is not the same visit everywhere. A lockout in a Willimantic apartment building, a shoreline association road in Old Lyme, and a rural driveway in Voluntown involve genuinely different access conditions.
Each town page explains what local roads, housing, and access mean for the job, so you know what to send with your request.
Not sure whether you are in the area?
Send your address with the request. You get a straight yes or no, and if the answer is no you are told immediately rather than after a wasted visit.
Or send a service request online if you cannot call right now.
Call or text with the vehicle or the property, the exact location, and what happened. You get an upfront quote and an arrival estimate before anyone is dispatched, and you pay only after the work is done.
Opening hours
HoursMonday to Friday 6:00am to 9:00pm, Saturday 6:00am to 11:00am
- Monday to Friday 6:00am to 9:00pm
- Saturday 6:00am to 11:00am
- Sunday Closed
Outside these hours, emergency jobs are taken case by case and are not guaranteed. Call to confirm.
Payment: Card, tap to pay, or cash, taken once the work is done.