2015 Honda Pilot
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2015 Honda Pilot Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

A guy in Buena Creek called me on a Tuesday afternoon. He was parked in his apartment carport, holding two pieces of his key. He had dropped it on the concrete walkway outside his unit and the housing split clean. The blade was fine. The buttons still clicked. But every time he put it in the ignition, the green key indicator on the dash was gone and the engine cranked without firing.

He had already called the dealer. They told him to tow it in, schedule an appointment, and expect a wait on parts. He said the number they gave him made him feel like he was buying a second key, not replacing one.

I told him to stay put.

When I got to the carport, I decoded the key blade and confirmed the cut. The original was still usable to get into the door manually, so I opened it that way, no drama. Then I cut a new key to match and ran the programming sequence through the OBD port. The immobilizer accepted it on the first pass. From the time I pulled up to the time I handed him two working keys, it was under 45 minutes.

He kept looking at the original cracked key like he was trying to figure out what had actually happened. I showed him how the chip housing had shifted inside the case, which is why the transponder signal dropped out even though the blade looked fine. He had not known that was a thing.

He saved a good chunk versus what the dealer quoted, and he never left the carport.

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