1998 Honda Civic
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego
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1998 Honda Civic
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1998 Honda Civic Remote Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional
I was working near Moonlight Beach in Encinitas when I got a call from a guy at a muffler shop a few blocks over. Another locksmith had tried to replace the remote fob on his 1998 Civic, the car battery sagged mid-session, and the job stalled out. The other locksmith left. The shop called me.
When I pulled up, the owner was leaning against the Civic looking like he'd already mentally budgeted a tow to the dealer and a multi-day wait. He hadn't.
I put my jump pack on the battery before touching anything else. Voltage stability during programming on these older systems is not optional, it's the whole ballgame. A drop at the wrong moment can leave the receiver module in a fault state that looks permanent but usually isn't. Once the voltage was solid, I cleared the fault condition and ran a clean programming sequence from scratch.
The factory fob with the original part number came back online. Locked, unlocked, tested all four buttons. Everything worked the way it was supposed to before the first locksmith showed up.
The owner asked what went wrong. I told him the first attempt wasn't wrong in concept, just under-prepared for a 26-year-old car with a tired battery. These jobs need stable power from the start, not as a recovery step after something goes sideways.
Total time on site was about an hour and a half. He paid a fraction of what the dealer route would have cost him, and he drove himself home.
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“Niv showed up, did his thing, and just like that I had two new keys for a fraction of what the dealership quoted. I have zero reservations recommending him to anyone who needs car keys replaced.”
“We had one broken key for our Honda Civic and one working key for our Lexus. Tim came out and cut three remote car keys at a great price. All keys worked perfectly. Professional, courteous, and highly recommended.”
“Tim was GREAT. I honestly swear he must have had my keys made before he even showed up. The entire process was insanely fast, from the initial phone call to having the keys in my hand. No one will beat the pricing, efficiency, or outstanding service.”
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