2018 Honda Civic
Locked Out - New Key Made On-Site in Ventura County

2018 Honda Civic Smart key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Do you need to tow your 2018 Honda Civic to the dealer? Probably not. For most Honda models from the mid-2000s through the late 2010s, I handle all-keys-lost right at the car.

An overnight security guard in Ventura had his only key die at home late at night. His Civic was sitting in the townhouse garage with a push-to-start system and no fob that the car would recognize. He assumed a tow was inevitable and had already started planning his week around not having a car. I told him to stay home and that I'd come to him.

I connected my Smart Pro to the OBD port and ran the Honda smart key AKL procedure, which clears the old key data and learns new fobs to the car's IMMO module. His smart key, FCC ID KR5V2X, was a 5-button proximity fob with a laser emergency blade inside. I programmed it in his garage at 11pm. He seemed pretty surprised it could all be done right there.

His total was about 223. The dealer would have been 402 plus the tow. There are a small number of very new Honda platforms where the immobilizer is locked to Honda's online system and my tools don't support AKL yet, and those do have to go to the dealer. But for the vast majority of Hondas on the road, 2005 through about 2022, I do all-keys-lost on-site every week. If your model is one of the rare exceptions, I'll tell you straight up instead of wasting your time.

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