2013 Honda Odyssey
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in Ventura County

2013 Honda Odyssey Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got a call out of Oxnard on a Tuesday afternoon, a line cook in a kitchen parking lot near Ormond Beach. His shift started at 4pm. It was already past 3. His head chef had called him twice and he sounded like a man watching his evening collapse in real time. I told him I was about 20 minutes out.

When I pulled up, he was standing next to his 2013 Odyssey with the remote head key in his hand, clicking it like that was going to change something. The van wouldn't start, and the remote wasn't responding either.

I got the door open and went straight to diagnostics through the OBD port. The transponder in his remote head key had lost its enrollment with the immobilizer. Not uncommon on these, especially on a key that's been bouncing around a kitchen bag for years. I cleared the fault, re-enrolled his key, and then verified the remote functions one by one: lock, unlock, and every button on that 5-button fob. While I had him there, I programmed a spare into the system too and handed it to him for the glovebox.

He clocked in at 4:10. Ten minutes late, but his chef had the van running and his dinner prep underway before the first ticket came in. He texted me that night just to say he made it. That's the kind of call where the clock is as real as the job itself.

The dealer route would have meant a tow, a next-day appointment, and losing a shift he couldn't give back. The math wasn't close.

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