Honda key blanks....

"Michael Pardee" > wrote in message
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| Those expensive keys are called "transponder" keys. Some key shops can
| provide them, and $80 sounds a little high but maybe not, and can cut the
| key itself so you can open the door with it. But the car has to be
| programmed to accept the key as a valid electronic key when you use it to
| start the car. Don't know about late model Hondas, but with our 2002
Toyota
| (Prius) the procedure involves a dance that is guaranteed to make you feel
| foolish and to make bystanders point and sta
| http://www.coastaletech.com/keys.htm. The Honda may require programming at
| the dealer - I dunno. It's the price of security against car thieves, at
| least the ones who don't use tow trucks.
|
| BTW - don't ever lose the last programmed key, so you don't have any. My
| understanding is that requires replacement of the security module, for
many
| hundreds of dollars.
|
| Mike

Nice 'feature'.

|
|

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Michael Pardee" > wrote:
>
>> But the car has to be
>> programmed to accept the key as a valid electronic key when you use it to
>> start the car. Don't know about late model Hondas, but with our 2002
>> Toyota
>> (Prius) the procedure involves a dance that is guaranteed to make you
>> feel
>> foolish and to make bystanders point and sta
>> http://www.coastaletech.com/keys.htm.
>
> That's pretty much how the Hondas handle programming the system for new
> remote transmitters, but the keys are encoded by a special machine.
> Dealers have the machine; all it takes is one of your original keys.
> They can cut another one and have the transponder code transferred into
> the new key, no problem.
>
> With the Honda system, there's no issue of "too many keys for the system
> to keep track of". You can make as many keys as you like, since they're
> all duplicates, right down to the transponder encoding.
>

Ah, so it is actually the key that is programmed. I like that idea better.

Mike

How about your local dealer? You can even try an Isuzu dealer. The price
should be maybe $5 to $10. max.
Howard
"ajpdla" > wrote in message
...
> Where can I obtain a key blank (with the black rubber handle -- don't know
> the technical name) for my 1995 Honda Passport. Some site online wants
like
> $80.00 to do an original key. Yeah, right!!!
>
> Aaron
>
>

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article >,
> "Michael Pardee" > wrote:
>
>> But the car has to be
>> programmed to accept the key as a valid electronic key when you use
>> it to start the car. Don't know about late model Hondas, but with
>> our 2002 Toyota (Prius) the procedure involves a dance that is
>> guaranteed to make you feel foolish and to make bystanders point and
>> sta http://www.coastaletech.com/keys.htm.
>
> That's pretty much how the Hondas handle programming the system for
> new remote transmitters, but the keys are encoded by a special
> machine. Dealers have the machine; all it takes is one of your
> original keys. They can cut another one and have the transponder code
> transferred into the new key, no problem.
>
> With the Honda system, there's no issue of "too many keys for the
> system to keep track of". You can make as many keys as you like,
> since they're all duplicates, right down to the transponder encoding.

I believe you can also get a new programmed key with the VIN from Honda.

On 12/15/04 9:45 AM, in article f_Yvd.80303$6f6.19720@edtnps89, "slider"
> wrote:

> got one done 2 months ago at a Halifax Nova Scotia dealership.I got the key
> from e-bay for 15.00 and Honda programmed it for 14.00 taxes in.
>
> "Brian Smith" > wrote in message
> newstWvd.80251$6f6.1321@edtnps89...
>>
>> "ajpdla" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Where can I obtain a key blank (with the black rubber handle -- don't
> know
>>> the technical name) for my 1995 Honda Passport. Some site online wants
>> like
>>> $80.00 to do an original key. Yeah, right!!!
>>
>> At a Honda Dealership.
>>
>>
>
>
I got spares for my '95 & '96 cars at Home Depot for $2. I don't know of any
'95s that have the special expensive keys. That came a few years later.

In rec.autos.makers.honda Elmo P. Shagnasty > wrote:
> I've not heard that. I doubt it; for example, they can't give you the
> radio security code with just the VIN. That requires the radio serial
> number.

Your selling dealer keeps the radio code. It is associated with the VIN in
case service has to be done, or so you can get it from them if you need it,
and of course can't locate where you put it.

I have no idea if the same is true for the keys.

My new Ford Escape came with no radio key fobs. They magically made the
ones they took from some other Ford Escape work for my car.

---
Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

"Brian Smith" > wrote in message
newstWvd.80251$6f6.1321@edtnps89...
>
> "ajpdla" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Where can I obtain a key blank (with the black rubber handle -- don't
>> know
>> the technical name) for my 1995 Honda Passport. Some site online wants
> like
>> $80.00 to do an original key. Yeah, right!!!
>
> At a Honda Dealership.

Thank you for the obvious answer.

My nearest Honda dealership is about 150 miles away, round trip. I was
hoping for something a little more "local", like the Internet, .

Aaron

The Internet is more "local" than my dealership. But thanks.

Aaron

"Howie" > wrote in message
...
> How about your local dealer? You can even try an Isuzu dealer. The price
> should be maybe $5 to $10. max.
> Howard
> "ajpdla" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Where can I obtain a key blank (with the black rubber handle -- don't
>> know
>> the technical name) for my 1995 Honda Passport. Some site online wants
> like
>> $80.00 to do an original key. Yeah, right!!!
>>
>> Aaron

Abeness wrote:

> Michael Pardee wrote:
>
>> (Prius) the procedure involves a dance that is guaranteed to make you
>> feel foolish and to make bystanders point and sta
>> http://www.coastaletech.com/keys.htm.
>
>
> You gotta be kidding. That's pretty ridiculous, all right.

All that's missing is the "May I?" question.

"ajpdla" > wrote in message
...
>
> Thank you for the obvious answer.
>
> My nearest Honda dealership is about 150 miles away, round trip. I was
> hoping for something a little more "local", like the Internet, .

You said you didn't like the price on the Internet (that's how I read what
you typed). Going to the dealership here was considerably less than the
price you mentioned, that's why I suggested a dealership. I wasn't trying to
come off as being sarcastic.

Brian