2001 Acura CL
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2001 Acura CL Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got a call from a guy in Eucalyptus Hills, over in Lakeside, who had just picked up a 2001 Acura CL from a private seller. Good shape, lower miles, one key. The seller told him a spare would be no big deal to get made.

He called the Acura dealer first. They gave him a number that made him sit on it for two weeks before he went looking for another option.

He found me, called, gave me the year and model, and I confirmed what he needed: a remote-head key, cut and programmed to his car, with the remote functions registered as well. I told him what I charge. He said he wished he'd called three weeks earlier.

I met him at his place in Eucalyptus Hills. He handed me his original key and I got to work. The transponder programming on this generation pulls from the existing key data, and I decoded the blade from his door lock to cut the new one to match. Remote programming on these is done through the door lock sequence, no laptop required for the add-a-key procedure, which kept the job clean and quick.

I tested both keys before I handed them over. Both started the car. Both worked the locks and trunk. He asked me what would happen if he ever lost one of these now.

I told him he'd call me, it'd be an add-a-key job, and it'd go faster and cost less than starting from scratch with no working key at all. That answer seemed to matter to him as much as the second key did.

The dealer comparison came up once, when he said what they had quoted him. I told him that number wasn't unusual for a dealer. He just nodded. We were already done by then.

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