Q: do you have to rekey it also, a shop told us 60 for the part but 250 to rekey

asked by on August 25, 2016

the starter, battery, alternator, flywheel, compressor have just been replaced, it sometimes will not start. they told us it was the ignition switch now, they said part was 60 but it had to be rekeyed that would be 250 more. I don't know if they are telling use the truth or if they just want to get more money out of us. So fare it has been 2500 for the work they did! please help

My car has 139000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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