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1998 Honda Civic Remote A269ZUA101
FCC IDA269ZUA101Part #39950-S01-A01Buttons4BatteryCR2025Frequency433 MHzRemote StartNo
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1998 Honda Civic MECHANICAL-KEY
FCC IDPart #ButtonsBatteryFrequencyRemote StartNo
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The 1998 Civic remote (FCC ID A269ZUA101, part 39950-S01-A01) is keyless entry only. It does not talk to the immobilizer. The transponder lives in the key blade and uses Honda's first-gen immobilizer with a T5 glass chip running at 125 kHz, tied to the ECU through the immobilizer control unit behind the dash. If your remote dies, the car still starts. If your transponder chip dies, the remote still locks doors but the engine cranks and won't fire. Two separate systems, two separate failures.
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A nail tech working at a salon off Rice Avenue in Oxnard texted me her VIN before I even left my last job. She had a break between clients and wanted a spare key for her 1998 Civic. She had her ID, registration, and the one working key sitting on the counter when I pulled up.

Because she sent the VIN early, I already knew the remote was the A269ZUA101 with the four-button layout and the key blade was an HD103. I had the blank prepped in the van on the drive over.

Her working key meant I could clone the T5 transponder chip directly with my VVDI2 instead of resetting the immobilizer module. No lock decode needed either since I had the working blade to reference. Cut, clone, test. The immobilizer read the new chip on the first crank.

Then I paired the remote. On these 98 Civics you hold lock and unlock together, press lock three times within four seconds, and the doors cycle to confirm programming. Both remotes tested clean on all four buttons: lock, unlock, panic, trunk.

From parking my van to handing her a finished, tested spare was about 18 minutes. She was back at her station before her break ended.

If she had lost both keys, this would have been a different job entirely. Immobilizer reset, ECU pin extraction, the whole process. Having one working key cut the job in half.

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Do you use OEM or aftermarket keys on the 1998 Civic?
OEM-spec. The key blade is an HD103 profile and the transponder is a T5 (Philips Crypto) glass chip at 125 kHz, same specs as factory. The remote matches FCC ID A269ZUA101 with the Honda part number 39950-S01-A01 and runs a CR2025 battery. On a 98 Civic, aftermarket remotes are actually pretty reliable because the system is straightforward RF, no rolling code encryption. The transponder side is where quality matters. A bad clone chip won't get read by the immobilizer coil around the ignition cylinder, and you'll get crank-no-start every time.
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My 1998 Civic cranks but won't start and the green key light is flashing. What does that mean?
Can I program the remote myself on a 1998 Civic?
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Santa Barbara
Santa BarbaraETA 30-35 min
Goleta
GoletaETA 30-35 min
Isla Vista
Isla VistaETA 30-35 min
Montecito
MontecitoETA 25-30 min
Carpinteria
CarpinteriaETA 20-25 min
Ojai
OjaiETA 20-25 min
Ventura
VenturaETA 10-15 min
Santa Paula
Santa PaulaETA 20-25 min
Fillmore
FillmoreETA 25-30 min
Oxnard
OxnardETA 10-15 min
Port Hueneme
Port HuenemeETA 10-15 min
Camarillo
CamarilloETA 15-20 min
Moorpark
MoorparkETA 25-30 min
Simi Valley
Simi ValleyETA 30-35 min
Thousand Oaks
Thousand OaksETA 20-25 min
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