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BigmanPigman

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14. I'd like to do this
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 11:11 AM
Feb 2024

Since a replacement key with an alarm is over $400 and I only have the spare with no alarm/fob and one with a working alarm. I discovered that my car wouldn't start yesterday when I had planned to buy a battery at CVS for the key. I charged my car for about 15 minutes last night and wondered if my suddenly dead car battery had anything to do with the key not working. I tested it out before my car battery was fully charged and the key's alarm works!

I watched this video and I want to do that! I want my spare key/alarm again but looking at the video I wondered how he got the key cut for his specific CRV. I can buy one like this and program it myself and save several hundred dollars but the key he got from Amazon doesn't appear to be cut along the edges like all keys do. Am I missing a step?

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Hope this helps: ret5hd Feb 2024 #1
I can so that! BigmanPigman Feb 2024 #6
This too may help: Drum Feb 2024 #2
Does Car Key Man know BigmanPigman Feb 2024 #7
And also, the battery looks common: CR1616... ret5hd Feb 2024 #3
I just did some research BigmanPigman Feb 2024 #8
You mean the key FOB? If it is the key FOB any good locksmith should JohnSJ Feb 2024 #4
Yes. The other replies helped me BigmanPigman Feb 2024 #9
Ok, I don't know what the deal is then. I have a 2018 Honda Clarity, and a 2002 CRV, and they are both a simple JohnSJ Feb 2024 #11
Go to Youtube and search for replacing a doc03 Feb 2024 #5
I think I will take my watch BigmanPigman Feb 2024 #10
I've had a little hobby for years... OneBlueDotS-Carolina Feb 2024 #12
Looks like replacement Honda keys are easy to program Best_man23 Feb 2024 #13
I'd like to do this BigmanPigman Feb 2024 #14
I had to get a new key for one of my cars (Ford) Best_man23 Feb 2024 #15
Man, that is detailed BigmanPigman Feb 2024 #16
Batteries are cheap, FOBs are ridiculous Kennah Feb 2024 #17
I had done all the research BigmanPigman Feb 2024 #18
I'm 56, so I hear you Kennah Feb 2024 #19
AutoZone has them. Emile Mar 2024 #20
Is that the key that needs to still be cut? BigmanPigman Mar 2024 #21
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