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1998 Honda Prelude
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Most popular Honda key typeMost Popular
1998 Honda Prelude Remote A269ZUA101
FCC IDA269ZUA101Part #39950-S01-A01Buttons4BatteryCR2025Frequency433 MHzRemote StartNo
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Metal Key
1998 Honda Prelude Metal Key
FCC IDPart #ButtonsBatteryFrequencyRemote StartNo
✓ In Stock · Programmed On-Site
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The 1998 Prelude remote is not a smart key. It's a separate keyless entry fob that controls the locks but has nothing to do with starting the car. The ignition on this generation runs a basic transponder system, and the fob is its own standalone unit. So the "hold it to the start button" trick you see floating around online does not apply here. If the remote stops working, the car still starts fine. The remote and the ignition are two separate conversations. Battery in this fob is a CR2025. When range gets short or buttons go unresponsive, that's the first and usually only fix. Pop the case carefully, the clips on these are old plastic and they crack if you lever the wrong spot.
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I got a call from someone at a clinic near The Bridges in Rancho Santa Fe. She had back-to-back appointments all afternoon, her 1998 Prelude was sitting in the lot, and her remote had gone completely dead after she tried swapping the battery herself. She wasn't locked out. Car started fine. But she had no working remote and one of the buttons felt wrong when she pressed it.

I came out during her lunch window.

When I opened the fob, the issue was right there. The CR2025 she'd put in was seated just slightly off, and one of the internal contacts had gotten bent during the swap. Not a big bend. Enough to break the circuit. I reset the contact, seated a fresh battery correctly, and tested all four buttons against the car.

Then I checked the key itself, because on a car this age the blade wears and the cuts can start to feel sloppy in the cylinder. It was reading fine. No issues there.

She came out after her next patient to a fully working remote and a spare on her desk. The car never moved. A dealer would have wanted her to bring the car in, wait, and pay shop rate for a job that took me less time than her lunch break. That gap is exactly why I do this mobile.

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What if I need help with my Prelude key after hours or on the weekend?
Call us. Dealers keep banker's hours, and a 1998 Prelude isn't a priority walk-in at a Honda service desk on a Saturday afternoon. We work evenings and weekends in Rancho Santa Fe and out to The Bridges. You don't wait until Monday and you don't arrange a tow just to get a remote or a key handled.
How long does the job actually take once you arrive?
Can you get this done faster than the dealer?
My Prelude starts fine but the remote stopped locking and unlocking the doors. What's going on?
I bought a replacement fob online for my '98 Prelude. Will it just work, or does it need to be programmed?
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