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Recommendations Needed for Key Fob Replacement and Programming in Metairie

Posted on 5/14/24 at 9:37 am
Posted by nolatiger711
Metairie, LA
Member since Oct 2009
770 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 9:37 am
I lost the sole key to my push button start Honda Accord. It’s parked at home, and I have spent several days looking everywhere. I have a remote start fob that will lock/unlock but will not let you drive the car. (It was Honda’s stupid OEM at the time that made you sacrifice a fob for the remote start fob.)

Any recommendations on a service that will come to the house to program a new key fob? Any idea for a reasonable cost?
Posted by StrongOffer
Member since Sep 2020
4412 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 9:41 am to
quote:

I lost the sole key to my push button start Honda Accord.
You get 2 when you buy the car. If you accepted the car with 1 key, you should have insisted it came with a 2nd key.
Posted by TJack
BR
Member since Dec 2018
1441 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 9:41 am to
I needed one for my Toyota Corolla when a valet lost my keys. Cost $200+ at the dealership 10+ years ago. Thats all I got.
Posted by TD422
Destrehan, LA
Member since Jun 2019
499 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 9:44 am to
Call Liberty Locksmith in New Orleans, they will give you a free estimate. Just give them the make & model.

But definitely call around. Not sure who else will give you an estimate over the phone. Good luck.
Posted by nolatiger711
Metairie, LA
Member since Oct 2009
770 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 9:48 am to
quote:

You get 2 when you buy the car. If you accepted the car with 1 key, you should have insisted it came with a 2nd key.


I bought it used and it had the one fob and one remote start fob. Apparently, Honda would give 2 unless you got factory remote start. Then, they would cannibalize one of the two for the remote start fob. It was how all Hondas were at the time. Forums are full of people bashing that horrible set-up.
Posted by This GUN for HIRE
Member since May 2022
3000 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 9:53 am to
Some fobs, due to wireless capabilities, can be tracked. Not sure about yours but I'd start with a Honda dealership, and as mentioned, a locksmith.

But I don't understand this

quote:

remote start fob that will lock/unlock but will not let you drive the car.


If it starts, you should be able to drive it.
Posted by Zakatak
Member since Nov 2011
216 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 9:56 am to
I have seen some vans advertising mobile key replacement. They come to you instead of having to tow your car. I dont have a name but google should help.
Posted by MamouTiger65
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Oct 2007
797 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 10:00 am to
Recently bought one online for my wife’s Toyota, had it programmed at batteries+. Cost around $220 total would have been over $500 through the dealership.
Posted by nolatiger711
Metairie, LA
Member since Oct 2009
770 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 10:06 am to
quote:

If it starts, you should be able to drive it.


Nope. Lock vehicle to remote start. Unlocking it turns it off. Then, you use regular fob to start. Have to carry both fobs. That’s even what the Honda manual says.

Like I said, didn’t know such a half baked solution could exist, let alone be OEM from Honda.
Posted by Mr Clean
New Iberia
Member since Aug 2006
49599 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 10:07 am to
Crown Buick has been getting rave reviews here
Posted by Broham
Crowley
Member since Feb 2005
18438 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 11:53 am to
Pop a lock I think does that now.
Posted by TheBoogeyman
Covington
Member since Apr 2020
232 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 12:09 pm to
I don’t know about Honda but with Subaru you need to have the car towed to the dealership so they can remove a module to send off for reprogramming and then order new keys and fobs. With Lincoln/Ford you need to go to the dealership with the title or some other form of proof of purchase and your ID for new keys and fobs to be ordered.
Posted by Dog Tree
Member since Sep 2019
408 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 12:35 pm to
I saw this on FB marketplace several weeks ago.

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