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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Duckboy4" data-source="post: 1585171" data-attributes="member: 37961">In your case, it could go either way.  Like you said, the previous owner might have replaced the ignition lock, in which case, that key never worked your doors and trunk.  OR all of your door and trunk locks might be seized up with corrosion (which is always possible with one or two...but all three?).  Does your key work in the glove box?  If not, the ignition lock has almost certainly been changed.What we would do at that point is go through what are called "try keys" in your door/trunk lock in order to find one that turns.  Once a key is found, there is still some math/impressioning to do to get the key perfect (try keys are cut on half-depths in order to significantly reduce the number of mathematical possibilities to try).  This is all done without lock removal.Once you have a door/trunk key, the ignition can either be rekeyed to match the door/trunk key or it can be replaced with one that is compatible with the common cuts the two share.  Boom...back on one key.All of this is assuming, of course, that the door, trunk, and glove box locks haven't been monkeyed with, or harvested from different junk yard cars.</blockquote>