Lost my only I-Key! :(
 

So, while out jogging my key popped out of my pocket. Yeah, I know, I'm an idiot. HELP!

So, after a call to the dealership they said they can replace my I-Key by doing several things totaling over $300. I'm looking for an alternate solution to getting another key made.

What the dealership said they HAD to do:
Buy a replacement Key - $40
Buy a replacement Switch - $143
Reprogram the car - $125
+Tow to the dealership ~$150

I don't want my car re-programed. I just want another key made.

Can anyone think of an alternate to this? Any ideas?

where is your SPARE?

No one can program these but the dealers so you are SOL, if you dont have your other.

I think you might be SOL on this one. I believe you even have to have the car present if you just want another spare so they can "key" it. Looks like you are getting it towed to dealer regardless.

Agreed, sol buddy. Sorry

they are right about most of it, but as far as I know you don't have to get a new switch. You can buy the key fob for like $70 or $80 and it's supposed to be $50 to reprogram it. This makes me glad I got the key insurance, I can lose mine every single day if I want and it won't cost me anything. Plus it comes with roadside assistance.

Yeah? Use the other key or start crawling along the jogging path and find the one you lost. Good luck.

scour craigslist lost/found section.
Offer reward.

Maybe you can find a friend with a car trailer to save the towing fees.

my key is on with a 3inch flexible steel rope with a carabiner on the end.
the key design is very easy to lose if you have it in your pocket trying to reteive something else. Mine is clipped to the belt loop and slid into my pocket before I leave.

If it were a honda, key + programming is all you need, besides the tow...If it is like the honda, there is an immobilizer in the car that stores a code that the key has in it...when the codes of the key and immobilizer match, it allows the car to start. It all done electronically with the manufacturer specific scan tools. Also, again, speaking form a honda stand point, buy as many as you can afford now, because they will hit you with the programming fee again for another key, and the other keys if found will not work, they will not "add" a key, they will do "all keys lost" which gives the system a new code.

I would question the switch...

Yeah I got two when I got the Z, wheres your spare??? :icon17:

maybe he bought used car

not trying to hijack thread but if your battery goes dead in your fob.
can you still use the fob to start your car........

good question, I dont think so :icon17:

Actually you can. You just insert it into the port on the dash just under the steering wheel and hit the start button.

The "fobgina"

:icon18:

if you use the fobgina how do you unlock the doors outside before puttin it in.

or does that feature not use the fob's battery

:icon17: thats what I was wondering,

Thanks everyone. I actually found my key. I tracked it down to the apartment complex off the jogging path. Lucky for me someone found it and turned it into the front office. . .

Talk about lucky! GEEZUS

Yeah, I dont have a spare key. I bought the car used with 10k miles on it.

I'm going to get a spare key this week.

:tup: lucky

You will still have to do half the stuff you listed with the spare key

Seriously? You use the freakin' key that's in the fob. :)

Thanks I'm still using same fob 3 1/2 years

No problem man... I'm just glad you found your key. :)

There's a keyhole on the driver's side door. As someone else mentioned, you use the key in the back of the fob.


I run with my keys in my hand when I jog otherwise I get bottom heavy and start leaning with my gigantic stash of keys in my pocket. lol. If anything I'd recommend taking the key out of the fob and just running with that, and leaving your fob at home just in case you lose it again.

Does anybody know or can confirm that by putting the key in the lower left key slot in the car recharges the key fob batt?

At least you found your key. Bet that was a major relief.

Negative. There is no charging circuit in the fob, the battery in the fob is single use only. Sticking the fob in the fobgina port does allow it to operate should the battery go dead. There is a small induction coil which provides temporary power to the fob without point to point contact.