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2008 Honda Civic Remote Head Key N5F-S0084A
FCC IDN5F-S0084APart #35111-SVA-306Buttons4BatteryCR1616Frequency314 MHzRemote StartNo
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2008 Honda Civic Remote Head Key N5F-S0084A
FCC IDN5F-S0084APart #35111-SVA-305Buttons3BatteryCR1616Frequency314 MHzRemote StartNo
✓ In Stock · Programmed On-Site
Transponder Key
2008 Honda Civic Transponder Key
FCC IDPart #K-HO03ButtonsBatteryFrequencyRemote StartNo
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2008 Honda Civic Metal Key
FCC IDPart #ButtonsBatteryFrequencyRemote StartNo
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The 2008 Civic remote head key is a one-piece unit where the blade is fixed into the plastic head, not a flip design. The failure point everyone misses is the blade anchor inside the head. The plastic around that anchor gets brittle over time, and once it starts to crack, the blade gets just enough lateral play to feel "almost fine" until it snaps off in the lock cylinder or ignition. If your key has any wobble at the base of the blade, that's the warning. A shell swap at that stage is a quick fix. Waiting until it breaks inside a cylinder is a much longer afternoon. The fob battery is a CR1616. Not a CR2032, not a CR1632. The 1616 is thinner than a 1632 and they look close enough in a drawer to swap by mistake. A wrong battery seated in there can make intermittent range problems look like a receiver or programming issue when it's just the wrong cell sitting a fraction of a millimeter off the contacts.
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I got a call from a guy over in North Ranch who had been driving on a cracked key head for about two months. He knew it was cracked. He just kept meaning to deal with it and didn't.

He was out at the courts off the main drag in Thousand Oaks when the blade finally let go. Not in the ignition, at least, but the split opened up enough that the blade was hanging at an angle and he was not going to get it into anything cleanly. He called me from the parking lot.

I pulled up, looked at the key, and the head had given out right at the blade anchor. Classic spot. The blade itself was fine, the fob electronics were fine, the transponder was fine. None of that needed replacing. What he needed was a shell swap, a fresh blade cut to match, and confirmation that everything still talked to the car the way it should.

I transferred his fob internals into a new shell on the hood of my van, cut the blade, and then did the part he did not expect. I walked the lot. Tested the lock and unlock from normal distance, then backed up further. Tested every button. Started the car, shut it off, started it again. Three clean starts before I handed anything back.

He stood there watching the whole test sequence and said he figured I'd just hand him the key and drive off. I told him the test is the job. Cutting the blade is the easy part. Confirming it all works before I leave is what matters.

He got back on the court maybe forty minutes after he called me. The dealer would have been a two-day wait for a parts order and a bill that would have made that cracked head feel a lot more urgent in hindsight.

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My key blade snapped off inside the ignition. Can you get it out?
Yes, and it's one of the more common calls I get on this generation of Civic. The remote head key on the 2008 model is a fixed-blade design, and the plastic anchor that holds the blade into the head is a known weak point. When it finally lets go, it usually breaks flush or just below the cylinder face, which makes it feel impossible to grab. It's not. Extraction on these is a standard locksmith job. Once the broken piece is out, I check whether the shell is salvageable. If the fob internals are intact, you're looking at a shell swap and a fresh blade cut, not a full replacement and reprogram. That saves time and money. If the electronics got damaged in the break, then we go full replacement and do the programming on site.
What exactly is a remote head key and why does it need programming?
My 2008 Civic is showing a key warning on the dash. Where do I start?
I bought a replacement fob online for my 2008 Civic. Can I program it myself?
Can you make a key if I've lost both copies and have nothing left to copy from?
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Santa BarbaraETA 30-35 min
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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
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FillmoreETA 25-30 min
Oxnard
OxnardETA 10-15 min
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Port HuenemeETA 10-15 min
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CamarilloETA 15-20 min
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MoorparkETA 25-30 min
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Simi ValleyETA 30-35 min
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Thousand OaksETA 20-25 min
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