Key fob replacement

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Hi,

I lost one of my keyfob (keyless access with remote start). My car is 16' EX-L sedan. Where can I get a replacement for decent price other than dealer?
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I doubt you can get one anywhere else. The dealer has to program the fob to your car and that takes equipment only Honda has.
 

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^This.

The fob itself is not very expensive to replace. Getting it to work with your car is the costly part, because only the dealership can do it.
 
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I got a quote for 197 for getting a new one from my dealer. Does this sound right?
 


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I've paid $300 for a non-smart key replacement fob, so relative to me that sounds like a steal.[/QUOTE
I'm gonna call them again to make sure that is including labor. Cause they might charge me 197 for the key and some amount for labor.
 

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some locksmiths can program the new fob too. call around and ask
 
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some locksmiths can program the new fob too. call around and ask
I have the key with remote start so I'm not so sure that locksmiths can program it. But thanks for the suggestion.
 


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As he handed it to me, my salesman told me not to lose it because it is a $600 keyfob. So I am thinking if I have $1,200 in keyfobs the actual car is even more of a bargain than I thought... Hope your actual cost is much less, ltmikepowell.
 
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As he handed it to me, my salesman told me not to lose it because it is a $600 keyfob. So I am thinking if I have $1,200 in keyfobs the actual car is even more of a bargain than I thought... Hope your actual cost is much less, ltmikepowell.
I'm looking for it until that I'm certain that I will not find it, cause I dont want to spend so much money for a small key fob like that.
 
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So I got quoted 275 (197 for the fob, 75 for labor) at Norm Reeves Cerritos..I think I just gonna bite the bullet cause my key has remote start so that I got to make sure that the key work properly.

Edit: got the wrong price. I was at dealer and it was 69 bucks for the fob, 37 for the metal key + labor. So my total come out to be 191 bucks
 
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^ On the page I posted, someone said it worked with push button start.
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