Evinrude / Johnson motorcycle key replacement & programming.
Lost your Evinrude / Johnson key, broken it in the ignition, or need a programmed spare? We come to you — driveway, parking lot, dealership lot, marina (for watercraft) — and cut and program your replacement key on-site. Ole Evinrude invented the modern outboard motor in 1909. The Evinrude and Johnson brands ran in parallel under OMC for nearly a century. BRP shuttered Evinrude production in 2020 — but tens of thousands of installed engines are still on the water. Family-owned with dealer-grade equipment in every truck since 2007.
What's specific about Evinrude / Johnson keys.
The Evinrude / Johnson story is unusual in the outboard world: a 100+ year run, then production stopped in May 2020 when BRP shut down the Sturtevant, Wisconsin plant. The engines themselves are still everywhere — backwoods fishing boats, pontoon rentals, vintage runabouts — and they need keys cut just like any other mechanical ignition. The engines stayed all-mechanical key for their entire production run; OMC and later BRP never moved Evinrude / Johnson to electronic immobilizer. So a 1995 Johnson 90 HP and a 2019 Evinrude E-TEC G2 use functionally the same key-cutting approach despite 24 years of engineering between them. Our blank-supply lines for these brands are stable; we don't anticipate that changing because parts demand will continue for decades.
Evinrude / Johnson models we service most.
Coverage typically extends across the full Evinrude / Johnson lineup. If your model isn't listed, call us — we likely cover it.
Evinrude / Johnson motorcycle key pricing.
Mechanical / regular keys are flat-rate. Programmed keys (transponder, smart key, push-to-start) and all-keys-lost vary too much by year, model, and immobilizer system to publish a fixed range — quoted by phone before dispatch.
Whatever we quote on the phone is what you pay on arrival — key blank, cutting, on-site programming, dispatch all included. For the full motorcycle-services overview see the /motorcycle-keys parent page.
Common Evinrude / Johnson questions.
Evinrude was discontinued — can I still get keys made?
Yes. Mechanical-key blanks for Evinrude and Johnson outboards remain widely available through aftermarket suppliers because the installed-engine population is still in the millions. We carry the common blanks in inventory and can source older / specialty cuts as needed. Brand discontinuation hasn't affected day-to-day service.
Older Johnson 2-stroke from the 1990s — same approach?
Yes. The 1990s Johnson 2-strokes (the V4, V6 carbureted engines) use the same mechanical ignition family as later E-TECs. Cut by code or impression on-site. $185–$250 flat-rate.
FICHT direct-injection era keys — anything different?
FICHT (Evinrude's late-90s / early-2000s direct-injection 2-stroke) was a different engine technology but same mechanical key system. No special service approach for FICHT keys.
Vintage Evinrude / Johnson restoration — original cylinder rebuild possible?
Yes for many era cylinders. Pre-2000 OMC ignitions can often be rebuilt to factory spec rather than replaced. We work with vintage outboard restorers across our markets.