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2018 Subaru BRZ Smart Key HYQ14AHC
FCC IDHYQ14AHCPart #88835-AL04AButtons4BatteryCR2032Frequency315 MHzRemote StartNo
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Remote Head Key
2018 Subaru BRZ Remote Head Key HYQ12BBY
FCC IDHYQ12BBYPart #57497-CA110Buttons4BatteryCR2016Frequency315 MHzRemote StartNo
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The 2018 BRZ is a Toyota-Subaru joint development, and the smart key system reflects that. The fob carries the factory FCC ID on it, and the immobilizer architecture runs closer to Toyota's side of the partnership than a typical Subaru setup. That trips up a lot of generic key programmers. Tools that handle most Subarus fine will stall out on the security handshake here. You need software that speaks to this specific electronic platform, either Subaru Select Monitor 4 or Toyota Techstream, depending on what your programmer supports. The four-button fob takes a CR2032. If the fob starts acting up before you call anyone, swap the battery first and reseat it flat. A slightly tilted CR2032 can cause weak signal or intermittent no-detection even when the battery reads good on a meter.
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Out near Hollister Village, a guy had just pulled over to take in the view when his day went sideways fast. The blade on his 2018 BRZ key snapped in the ignition. Clean break. Half of it was sitting in his hand, the other half was somewhere inside the cylinder.

He had already called another locksmith before he found me. That one told him the cylinder needed to come out, probably needed to be drilled, and he was looking at a new cylinder on top of everything else.

I showed up with my Lishi tool and worked the broken fragment out without touching the wafer surfaces. No scratching, no collateral damage. Once the fragment was out, I decoded the lock by reading each wafer position directly. That gave me the exact cut depths I needed without having to reference anything external.

Cut the new blade from the decode, then connected to the OBD port and registered the new smart key to the vehicle's security system through the right software. The BRZ's Toyota-derived immobilizer does not forgive shortcuts here, so I ran a full confirmation cycle before calling it done.

He watched the whole thing from about three feet away, asking questions the whole time. The moment the engine turned over cleanly on the new key, he exhaled like he had been holding it since the snap. The cylinder looked the same as it did before I arrived. That other locksmith's plan would have left a different story entirely.

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Dec 2019
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“We had one broken key for our Honda Civic and one working key for our Lexus. Tim came out and cut three remote car keys at a great price. All keys worked perfectly. Professional, courteous, and highly recommended.”

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“This is the only locksmith anyone should ever call. I am still shocked at how fast he arrived and the price was hundreds less than other quotes I received. Honest, professional, and extremely efficient.”

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Why is replacing a smart key on the 2018 BRZ so expensive?
A few things stack up on this car specifically. The 2018 BRZ uses an immobilizer system derived from Toyota's architecture, which means the programming side requires software that not every locksmith carries. Generic tools that handle most Subarus will often fail on the security functions here, so shops that run into that either turn the job away or send it to the dealer, and the dealer knows it. On the dealer side, there is a security data access fee baked into every immobilizer job, on top of parts and labor. When you have no working key at all, that cost climbs further because an all-keys-lost procedure takes longer and involves resetting the entire key memory before anything new can be registered. The technology itself is genuinely involved. But the markup that gets layered on top of it at the dealer is a separate matter. A mobile locksmith with the right equipment handles the same job for well less.
What exactly is a smart key and how does it work on the 2018 BRZ?
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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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