2002 Acura CL
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego
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2002 Acura CL
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Out in Casa de Oro, just off Campo Road, a guy called me about his 2002 Acura CL. The fob shell had split clean at the seam where the two halves clip together. The 4-button face was barely holding on and one button had no tactile click left at all. He had taped it together with electrical tape, which is a move I respect for creativity if not for longevity.
His first call had been to the dealer. They told him the right path was a full replacement key, cut and programmed, and named a number that made him pause. What they did not tell him was that the electronics sitting inside that cracked shell were completely intact. The transponder was reading fine. The remote circuit board had no corrosion. The only problem was the plastic.
I met him at his place with a replacement shell matched to the factory FCC ID on his fob and a fresh CR2025. Before I touched anything, I confirmed the transponder was communicating with the immobilizer by testing the start function. Then I transferred his working board into the new housing, seated the battery correctly, and went through all four buttons plus the start function one more time.
He watched the whole thing. When I held up the circuit board so he could see the condition it was in, he got a little quiet for a second. He said something like, "they were really going to throw that away."
The shell swap saved him a significant chunk compared to what the dealer quoted for a full replacement. The electronics inside these keys can outlast the plastic by years if you keep the battery fresh and do not pry the housing open with a screwdriver.
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