Honda key fobs and how to replace when lost

Your dealer was wrong.

I'd stop going there, if I were you.

 

Nope.

If you have at least one of your factory Honda keys, the Honda dealer
can copy the transponder information into a new key.

No need to change ANYTHING in the car whatsoever.

Right--the new key has to have the transponder information copied over
from a functioning key.

My God, has anyone ever bothered to actually ask about this at the
dealer? Or look in an owner's manual?

 

Nope.

If you have at least one of your factory Honda keys, the Honda dealer
can copy the transponder information into a new key.

No need to change ANYTHING in the car whatsoever.

Right--the new key has to have the transponder information copied over
from a functioning key.

My God, has anyone ever bothered to actually ask about this at the
dealer? Or look in an owner's manual?

 

Because it's not a fob, and never was a fob. It was a head, then they
put the remote transmitter into the head of the key, and it's still a
key head. But it's also a "grip".

 

Because it's not a fob, and never was a fob. It was a head, then they
put the remote transmitter into the head of the key, and it's still a
key head. But it's also a "grip".

 

It's amazing the lengths people will go to in order to protect
themselves from the truth.

 

It's amazing the lengths people will go to in order to protect
themselves from the truth.

 

no,they get tired of arguing about inconsequential things.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com

 

no,they get tired of arguing about inconsequential things.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com

 

Elmo P. Shagnasty, wrote the following at or about 1/13/2010 10:49 AM:

Jeez, speaking of grip, how about getting one. No matter what YOU want
to call it, and I agree that it is a remote or... whatever

When in Rome, do as the...

Honda called it FOB in their service literature.

Are you so anal that you get so bogged down in nomenclature that YOU
like, that you ignore the OP's original question?

 

Elmo P. Shagnasty, wrote the following at or about 1/13/2010 10:49 AM:

Jeez, speaking of grip, how about getting one. No matter what YOU want
to call it, and I agree that it is a remote or... whatever

When in Rome, do as the...

Honda called it FOB in their service literature.

Are you so anal that you get so bogged down in nomenclature that YOU
like, that you ignore the OP's original question?

 

The point that is being made is that it never was a FOB. Honda labelled
it incorrectly. Their confusion of the English language has caused this
uproar.

 

The point that is being made is that it never was a FOB. Honda labelled
it incorrectly. Their confusion of the English language has caused this
uproar.

 

The point is "who gives a shit "

 

Hmmm.. I was reading a Odyssey factory shop manual a while back... and
as I recall, the key heads all have unique random RFID tags (really a
little transponder)...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID

....and it's the car computer thats actually gets programed to recognize
a new keys RFID tag.

In order to do so, the car, at least one of the regular keys, the valet
key and the dealers key programing computer all must be present and used.

I think I also remember that if all the keys are lost, you have to buy a
new computer, which comes with a set of keys. Guess you'd also have to
deal with changing all the locks too...

Here's some more... for what it's worth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immobiliser

Erik

 

Hmmm.. I was reading a Odyssey factory shop manual a while back... and
as I recall, the key heads all have unique random RFID tags (really a
little transponder)...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID

....and it's the car computer thats actually gets programed to recognize
a new keys RFID tag.

In order to do so, the car, at least one of the regular keys, the valet
key and the dealers key programing computer all must be present and used.

I think I also remember that if all the keys are lost, you have to buy a
new computer, which comes with a set of keys. Guess you'd also have to
deal with changing all the locks too...

Here's some more... for what it's worth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immobiliser

Erik

 

No, the point being made is that it doesn't matter, even a little bit,
what the thing is called. It has NOTHING to do with his question. At
this point, everyone understands what he was asking, and are just
being pedantic.

 

No, the point being made is that it doesn't matter, even a little bit,
what the thing is called. It has NOTHING to do with his question. At
this point, everyone understands what he was asking, and are just
being pedantic.

 

You call it what you wish to, I prefer to look at the issue as being
accurate rather than incorrect.

 

You call it what you wish to, I prefer to look at the issue as being
accurate rather than incorrect.