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2012 Acura TL
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2012 Acura TL Smart Key M3N5WY8145
FCC IDM3N5WY8145Part #72147-TK4-A71Buttons4BatteryCR2032Frequency314 MHzRemote StartNo
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Remote Flip Key
2012 Acura TL Remote Flip Key MLBHLIK-1T
FCC IDMLBHLIK-1TPart #35113-TK4-A00Buttons4BatteryCR1616Frequency314 MHzRemote StartNo
✓ In Stock · Programmed On-Site
Remote Head Key
2012 Acura TL Remote Head Key MLBHLIK-1T
FCC IDMLBHLIK-1TPart #35118-TE0-A10Buttons4BatteryCR1616Frequency314 MHzRemote StartNo
✓ In Stock · Programmed On-Site
Transponder Key
2012 Acura TL Transponder Key
FCC IDPart #K-HO03ButtonsBatteryFrequencyRemote StartNo
✓ In Stock · Programmed On-Site
Metal Key
2012 Acura TL Metal Key
FCC IDPart #ButtonsBatteryFrequencyRemote StartNo
✓ In Stock · Programmed On-Site
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The 2012 Acura TL smart fob has a physical emergency blade folded inside the housing. There is a small release button on the side of the fob that lets you slide it out. On the driver door handle, there is a small cap covering the lock cylinder. Pop that cap off and you can use the blade to get in. Most TL owners never touch that cylinder their entire time owning the car, so it sometimes binds up from disuse. If the blade goes in stiff, don't force it. A tiny bit of dry graphite and patience. Also worth knowing: the CR2032 in this fob sits in a tray that can look fully seated when it is actually slightly tilted. If you are getting intermittent lock and unlock range, or the car shows a key warning on the dash, open the fob and reseat that battery before assuming anything bigger is wrong. It is a common misdiagnosis on these.
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I got a call from a guy over in the Live Oak Park area of Fallbrook. He was in the parking lot of his gym and his 2012 Acura TL fob had given out on him completely. The housing had been cracked for a while, the kind of crack that starts small and you keep meaning to deal with it. He had pressed it together each time he used it, and then one morning it finally split apart in his hand. He tried to use the emergency blade to get into the door and it snapped off at the base. Two pieces of fob, one piece of blade, zero way into the car.

He found me and I drove out to him.

When I got there, I could see the fob had taken a real beating, but the circuit board inside the cracked housing was still intact. That mattered. When a fob board survives the fall, a lot of the work is already done. I decoded the door lock to get him in, transferred the working board into a new housing with fresh electronics and a new blade, then programmed the replacement alongside a second key so he would not be back in this position.

The part he appreciated most was watching it happen. He could see that the chip data from his original fob was the foundation of the whole job. Nothing mysterious about it.

He left the lot with two working keys. The dealer had already quoted him a number that made him wince, and the total with me was a fraction of that. The broken fob almost cost him a full all-keys-lost job. Almost.

If your fob is cracked but still powers up, call before it gets worse. The window between "cracked housing" and "unreadable board" is smaller than people think.

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Acura TL Mobile Service FAQ

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Why is Acura key replacement so expensive?
A few things are stacked on top of each other. The fob itself is a radio transmitter with a programmed transponder chip inside. Programming that chip to the vehicle's immobilizer requires professional diagnostic equipment, not a button sequence in the parking lot. Then there is the blade, which has to be cut to your specific vehicle. Then labor and testing. Where the dealer price balloons is the overhead: the service writer, the parts counter, the bay time, and the markup on the fob itself. The technology behind the key is real and does cost something. The Acura dealer margin on top of it does not have to land on your bill. Shopping around on a 2012 TL consistently shows owners saving a significant amount over the dealer quote, sometimes more than half.
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