1998 Honda Accord
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1998 Honda Accord
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1998 Honda Accord MECHANICAL-KEY Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional
Out in Matilija Canyon, a guy going to night classes had been wrestling his 1998 Honda Accord ignition for weeks. Wiggling the key, shoving it in hard, waiting. Some nights it would take a full minute before the cylinder turned over. The dealer had already quoted him on a full ignition cylinder replacement, new key, and reprogramming.
His classmate told him to call a locksmith first.
I drove out to Ojai and looked at the cylinder. The wafers inside were worn flat on one side, which is textbook for these CG-chassis Accords. The cylinder housing was fine. No cracks, no slop in the tumbler body. It did not need replacing.
I decoded the existing lock, pulled the bad wafers, and dropped in fresh ones that matched the factory depth specs. Then I cut a new HD106-PT transponder key to fit the repaired cylinder and programmed the T5 chip to his immobilizer using my diagnostic setup right there in the parking lot. The green key light on the dash went solid, engine fired clean.
I showed him the old wafers side by side with the new ones so he could see the rounded edges and the wear. He just sort of stared at them and shook his head.
The ignition turns smooth now. He kept his original cylinder, got a fresh key that actually works, and paid a fraction of what the dealer wanted for parts he never needed.
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