2000 Honda Passport
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Q: Do I have to tow my Passport to the dealer if I have no keys?

No. Dealers will sometimes present that as the only path, and for keyless or push-button vehicles it can genuinely be the case. Not here. A 2000 Passport with no keys is a lockout and a mechanical key cut, nothing more. I come to the vehicle, work the lock, and cut a key on site. Towing adds cost before anyone even looks at the problem. Skip it.

Q: How long does a replacement key take on a 2000 Passport?

Usually 20 to 30 minutes on site, sometimes less once I have everything laid out. Decoding takes a few minutes, cutting is fast on a calibrated machine, and testing at the ignition and door lock wraps it up. There is no programming step, no waiting for a scan tool to run a security sequence, none of that.

Q: My 2000 Passport key turns hard in the ignition. Is that a key problem or an ignition problem?

Could be either, but start with the key. A worn key changes shape gradually and owners do not always notice until it starts binding. If your spare, or a freshly cut duplicate, turns clean where the original drags, the key wore down and the original needs replacing. If a fresh cut binds the same way, the ignition cylinder is the issue, not the key. On a truck this age, the cylinder wafers can wear or gum up over time.

Q: Can any locksmith cut a key for a 2000 Passport, or do I need a Honda dealer?

Any locksmith with the right blank and a properly calibrated cutting machine can handle it. The dealer has no special advantage on a mechanical key job. The blank for this truck is a known profile, still available, and not exotic. What matters is cut accuracy and blank quality, not the logo on the key head. A sloppy cut on a cheap blank will wear the cylinder faster and may not turn reliably from day one.

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A guy over in River Park flagged me down near the Wagon Wheel area while I was finishing another call. He had a 2000 Honda Passport sitting in a lot, one key, worn down enough that it was getting stubborn in the ignition. He wanted a spare and wanted to know if an aftermarket cut would hold up as well as going to a dealer.

Honest answer: for a mechanical key on a 2000 Passport, the only thing that matters is the cut and the blank quality. There is no chip to pair, no sequence to run through, no diagnostic tool involved. A good blank, cut precisely to spec on a calibrated machine, is a working key.

I pulled the key, read the cuts, and had a duplicate done on the hood of my van while he watched. He tested it in the ignition himself, then in the door lock. Clean operation both times.

He mentioned he had already called the dealer out of curiosity. They quoted him more than he expected for what he described as a ten-minute job. He paid a fraction of that. The work was the same: decode the cuts, run the blank, verify the key. The difference was I came to him, not the other way around.

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I lost all my keys to a 2000 Honda Passport. Can you still make a new one without a working key?▼

Yes, and it is one of the cleaner all-keys-lost situations I deal with. Because the 2000 Passport is a straight mechanical key, there is no immobilizer reset, no scan tool procedure, no timed security countdown. I decode the lock cylinder directly, either by picking or impressioning, pull the key code, cut a new blade, and you are driving. No tow needed.