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2018 Subaru Impreza
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Push To Start
Most popular Subaru key typeMost Popular
2018 Subaru Impreza Smart Key HYQ14AHK
FCC IDHYQ14AHKPart #88835-FL03BButtons4BatteryCR2032Frequency434 MHzRemote StartNo
✓ In Stock · Programmed On-Site
Push To Start
2018 Subaru Impreza Smart Key HYQ14AHC
FCC IDHYQ14AHCPart #88835-AL04AButtons4BatteryCR2032Frequency315 MHzRemote StartNo
✓ In Stock · Programmed On-Site
Remote Head Key
2018 Subaru Impreza Remote Head Key CWTWB1U811
FCC IDCWTWB1U811Part #57497-FJ021Buttons4BatteryCR2032Frequency315 MHzRemote StartNo
✓ In Stock · Programmed On-Site
Remote Head Key
2018 Subaru Impreza Remote Head Key CWTWBU766
FCC IDCWTWBU766Part #57497-FJ031Buttons4BatteryCR2032Frequency434 MHzRemote StartNo
✓ In Stock · Programmed On-Site
Remote Head Key
2018 Subaru Impreza Remote Head Key CWTB1G077(BLACKPOD)
FCC IDCWTB1G077(BLACKPOD)Part #57497-FL00AButtons4BatteryCR2032Frequency433 MHzRemote StartNo
✓ In Stock · Programmed On-Site
Transponder Key
2018 Subaru Impreza Transponder Key
FCC IDPart #ST13-PHTButtonsBatteryFrequencyRemote StartNo
✓ In Stock · Programmed On-Site
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The 2018 Impreza smart key system is not forgiving about battery condition. The fob takes a CR2032, and when it gets low, you might see a key-not-detected warning on the dash before you ever notice range drop. What trips people up is that a weak battery can also mess with the door handle touch sensors, so it looks like a bigger problem than it is. Swap the CR2032 first, seat it firmly against both contacts, and retest all four buttons plus the handle touch unlock before assuming the fob itself is bad. The other thing worth knowing: if you have a working spare and you want to add a second key, or if you bought a fob online, there is no onboard self-programming sequence for this system. The 2018 Impreza smart key requires diagnostic equipment to register new fobs to the immobilizer. That shortcut exists for older bladed transponder setups, not this one.
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Down near Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, a guy called me on a Tuesday afternoon. He had a 2018 Subaru Impreza, push-button start, and zero working keys. Not one. His only fob had gone through the wash, and when it dried out, it just sat there doing nothing. The car sat in a surface lot two blocks from the beach, completely unresponsive to anything he tried.

He had already called the dealer. They quoted him a wait of several days because their Subaru diagnostic system was booked out, and the number they gave him was steep enough that he went looking for another option.

I pulled up to the lot with everything I needed. All-keys-lost on a push-button Impreza is its own kind of job. The vehicle has no ignition cylinder to fall back on, so when there are zero registered fobs, the car cannot be driven anywhere. The immobilizer has to be accessed, old key data cleared, and the new fob enrolled from scratch through the OBD port. I backed up the immobilizer data before touching anything, which is just standard practice on a job like this, then ran the all-keys-lost procedure. New fob came up, registered clean, push-button start worked.

He stood there pressing the start button a few times like he was making sure it would keep doing it. It did.

The dealer wait alone would have cost him days. What he paid me was a fraction of what they wanted, and he drove home that afternoon.

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Why is Subaru smart key replacement so expensive?
A few things stack on top of each other. The fob itself contains a programmed transponder chip that has to be enrolled to your specific vehicle through the immobilizer. That is not a generic radio pairing, it is a security handshake tied to your VIN. Registering it requires professional diagnostic software that talks directly to the immobilizer module, and that software costs real money to own and maintain. On top of that, dealers price in overhead, scheduling, and the assumption that you have no other option. If you are stranded and calling the dealer, that quote is going to reflect the situation you are in. An independent mobile locksmith who owns the same caliber of tools, but without the dealership structure wrapped around it, can do the same job for considerably less. The technology is what it is. The markup does not have to be.
What exactly is a smart key, and how is it different from a regular key?
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My 2018 Impreza starts fine but the fob range has gotten really short. Is the key failing?
I found a replacement fob online for a lot less than the dealer price. Can I just use that?
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