Honda Locksmith in Atlanta, GA: V and G Chip Keys, Remotes and Ignitions
Accord, Civic, CR-V, Pilot and Odyssey keys cut and programmed beside the car, remotes paired, and ignition cylinders that bind or will not turn repaired where the Honda stopped. Lost every key? Give the dispatcher the year and the route for that Honda is confirmed on the call.
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A Honda key, a Honda remote or a Honda ignition: three separate jobs, one technician
4Keys Locksmith works as a mobile Honda locksmith across Metro Atlanta, GA: NASTF VSP authorized, ALOA-trained, insured by The Hartford, cutting and programming Honda keys and repairing Honda ignitions at the car, day or night. The business is 4Keys Locksmith LLC, registered with the Georgia Secretary of State, and the vans run out of Brookhaven.
On a Honda, the chip that lets the engine start, the remote that locks the doors and the cylinder the key turns are separate parts with separate fixes. Honda programs the chip and the remote in different ways, and a key that will not turn may be a worn key or a worn cylinder. Sorting out which one failed is the first thing the technician does, and it is why the dispatcher asks what your key does when you try it.
The full service is on offer for every Honda: lockouts, spares, a key made when none is left, remotes and proximity fobs (including one you bought online), ignition cylinders, broken keys, module programming and keys for work vehicles. Nobody is sent until the price has been quoted to you by phone, and the published rates appear on the pricing page. The technician who calls you back may ask for a picture of the key blade, because the stamped letter identifies the chip.
Edge-cut, HO01, the V chip and the G chip: how the Honda immobilizer key evolved
Honda's cars use an immobilizer: a transponder chip in the key head, read by the car when the key turns, and an engine that runs only for a chip it has registered. Since 1998 the keys have moved through two blade families and several chip eras, and from 2003 most of them share one blade profile, so the letter stamped on the metal carries much of the story.
The first family is a flat key with its cuts along the edges. STRATTEC's 2008 transponder guide lists the HD106 blank for the Accord from 1998 to 2002, the Civic in 2001 and 2002 and the Odyssey from 1998 to 2002, and also offers a cloneable version of that blank, so a working key can be copied chip and all.
Then came the internal-track high-security blade, the HON66 profile, whose wavy groove is milled into the face of the key instead of its edges. Its first Honda blank, HO01, appears in the same guide for the Civic from 2003 to 2005, the CR-V from 2002 to 2006, the Odyssey in 2003 and 2004 and the Pilot from 2003 to 2005, again with a cloneable version listed.
The "V" chip followed: a Philips ID46 (Hitag2) transponder on the Ilco HO03-PT blank, with a V stamped on the blade. STRATTEC places it on the Accord from 2003 to 2008, the Civic and Pilot from 2006 to 2008, the CR-V in 2007 and 2008, and the Odyssey from 2005 to 2008. Its blank vendor states that no on-board programming is available for it.
The "G" chip, a Philips ID47 (Hitag3) on the HO05-PT blank, is stamped G. A blank vendor fits it to the Accord LX and Sport from 2013 to 2017, the Civic in 2014 and 2015 and the Civic LX from 2016 to 2019, and the CR-V from 2014 to 2019. The same chip sits in the four-button remote-head key MLBHLIK6-1T, a 315 MHz key that runs on a CR1620 cell, for the 2013 to 2015 Accord and the 2014 and 2015 Civic.
How a Honda key gets programmed follows from that. STRATTEC files Honda's remote procedures under the heading that the transponder programs separately from the remote, with a diagnostic tool. There is no owner procedure for the chip, so on V and G chip Hondas even a spare made from a working key is registered with programming equipment. The remote is the exception: on some years an owner can pair up to three remotes, and one of those procedures (STRATTEC OBP-32) needs an original key with an "L" on the blade. Later push-button Hondas use a proximity fob, and the dispatcher confirms from the VIN which one your trim carries.
The shared HON66 profile also explains how the blade of a Honda key can be cut when nothing is left to copy: Lishi's HON66 2-in-1 decoder lists ignition, door and trunk coverage for the Accord, Civic, Odyssey and Pilot of 2003 to 2018 and the CR-V of 2002 to 2018, so a lock can be read and a key cut by code. Where a Honda key job calls for dealer-level security access, 4Keys Locksmith reaches it under its NASTF VSP authorization. That work runs on i-HDS, the Integrated Honda Diagnostic System that replaced HondaThat work runs on Honda's own dealer software, which 4Keys keeps by subscription,apos;s older HDS, which 4Keys keeps by subscription, and the keys it codes are original (OEM) Honda keys. The Acura side of the same family, from the Megamos MDX key to the TLX smart key, is on the Acura locksmith page.
Is it the key or the ignition cylinder? Four checks on a Honda that will not turn
The first two cost nothing and take a minute. The last two decide what the technician brings.
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Free the steering column lock and check Park
A steering wheel resting against its lock pin holds the cylinder still. Turn the wheel gently left and right while turning the key with light pressure. On an automatic, make sure the shifter is fully in Park: the shift interlock will not let the key move otherwise.
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Try the second key
If the spare turns smoothly, your everyday key is worn and a new key cut by code (not copied from the worn one) fixes it. If both keys catch in the same place, the wafers inside the ignition lock cylinder are the suspect. The full test is on the key-will-not-turn guide.
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Notice exactly what the key does
A key that will not move, a key that turns freely and starts nothing, and a key that comes out when the car is not in Park are three different faults. The free-spinning key points past the cylinder to the link with the switch (key spins in the ignition). The key that comes out of Park was the subject of Honda recalls, listed in the next step, and recall work belongs to a Honda dealer.
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Cylinder or switch: what the Honda recalls show
The lock cylinder is the mechanical part the key turns; the ignition switch behind it is electrical. Honda's campaigns separate the two: 02V-120 replaced ignition switches with degrading contacts on the 1998 and 1999 Accord, while 03V-423 replaced the cylinder body, collar and latch plate where wear had defeated the interlock on the same cars. Interlock lever recalls followed for the 1999 to 2002 Accord (05V-025), the 2003 Accord and Civic and the 2003 and 2004 Element (10V-364), and the 2003 and 2004 Pilot and Odyssey together with certain 2003 to 2006 Acura MDXs (12V-573). Outside a recall, a worn cylinder is decoded, then rekeyed or replaced and keyed to the key you carry, at the car (ignition repair).
Accord, Civic, CR-V, Pilot and Odyssey: blade and chip by year band
Years as STRATTEC and the blank vendors print them. Honda switched blanks within some years, so the V or G on your blade, or the VIN read on the call, settles it. A Honda with no key left has its route confirmed by the dispatcher on that first call.
| Model | Years listed | Blade and chip | Honda service at the car |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accord | 1998-2002 | HD106 edge-cut transponder key; cloneable blank listed | Key copied or cut by code, ignition cylinder work |
| Accord | 2003-2008 | "V" chip, Philips ID46, HO03-PT on the HON66 blade | Spare programmed with equipment, all keys lost, ignition repair |
| Accord | 2013-2017 (LX, Sport) | "G" chip, Philips ID47, HO05-PT; MLBHLIK6-1T remote-head key 2013-2015, CR1620 | Chip key or remote-head key programmed, remote paired |
| Civic | 2001-2002 | HD106 edge-cut transponder key | Key copied or cut by code, lockout |
| Civic | 2003-2005 | HO01 high-security blank (HON66); cloneable blank listed | Spare key, all keys lost, broken key replaced |
| Civic | 2006-2008 | "V" chip, Philips ID46 | Spare programmed with equipment, ignition repair |
| Civic | 2014-2015; 2016-2019 (LX) | "G" chip, Philips ID47; MLBHLIK6-1T remote-head key 2014-2015 | Chip key or remote-head key, all keys lost |
| CR-V | 2002-2006 | HO01 high-security blank (HON66) | Spare key, all keys lost, lockout |
| CR-V | 2007-2008 | "V" chip, Philips ID46 | Spare programmed with equipment, ignition repair |
| CR-V | 2014-2019 | "G" chip, Philips ID47 | Chip key programmed, all keys lost, worn key cut to code |
| Pilot | 2003-2005 | HO01 high-security blank (HON66); recall 12V-573 on 2003-2004 | Spare key, ignition cylinder work outside the recall |
| Pilot | 2006-2008 | "V" chip, Philips ID46 | Spare programmed with equipment, all keys lost |
| Odyssey | 1998-2002 | HD106 edge-cut transponder key | Key copied or cut by code |
| Odyssey | 2003-2004 | HO01 high-security blank (HON66); recall 12V-573 | Spare key, lockout, ignition work outside the recall |
| Odyssey | 2005-2008 | "V" chip, Philips ID46 | Spare programmed with equipment, all keys lost |
Drawn from STRATTEC's transponder guide (2008) and comprehensive catalog (2020), the CLK Supplies and UHS Hardware blank pages, and NHTSA recall records. Years between these bands, later push-button Hondas and other Honda models are identified from the VIN during the call.
Each Honda job, explained before the van leaves
What changes the work on a Honda, and what the technician needs from you.
Honda lockout
A spare Honda key
No Honda key left
Remotes, remote-head keys and fobs
A key snapped off in the lock
Module programming
Work vehicles and fleets
Keys for modern Hondas
What Our Customers Actually Said
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My Honda Accord was stranded in Roswell with an ignition issue. Juan came right over and fixed my ignition for a low price. There was an issue that popped up and he even came through to my house to fix that! Thanks for the new key as well!
Timely made keys for 2011 Honda Pilot. I highly recommend.
Very Knowledgeable and great communication would definitely recommend
Great experience! I highly recommend. He came to my job to make me a new key fob. Fast service and at decent price. Thank you!
Wherever the Honda stopped, and the doors at home or work as well
There is no shop and nothing gets towed: the cutter, the decoder and the programming equipment ride in the van, as a locksmith that comes to you works. The Honda can be at home on the driveway, in a gated apartment complex, up on a deck level or in the lot at work. The van leaves from Brookhaven, and you hear the expected arrival time when you call.
Other Georgia pages take the Honda topics further. Ignition cylinders get their own treatment on the Roswell page, the steering column and interlock on the Riverdale page, a key that turns but does not start the car on the East Atlanta page and broken key extraction on the Union City page. Stone Mountain explains cloning versus programming, and Lawrenceville covers the used car that came with one key.
The van also carries house and business hardware. At home: lockouts, rekeys after a move, new locks and deadbolts, and smart locks, described under residential locksmith service and the Georgia residential locksmith page. At a business: rekeys after staff turnover, master key systems, access control and push bars; the Georgia commercial locksmith page and commercial locksmith service have the details.
The phone is answered in English and Spanish. Whatever documents your situation needs are named by the dispatcher during the call, and the training standard behind the work is on ALOA training.
FAQ - Honda Key and Ignition Problems, Answered
A key that will not turn, a key that comes out of Park, adding keys yourself, V and G stamps, old flat keys, dead remotes, lost keys and spinning keys.
Tell the dispatcher what the key does, and where the Honda is.
Model, year, the letter on the blade if you can read it, and whether the key turns. The price comes on that call before a van leaves Brookhaven, and a Honda with no key left has its route confirmed there and then.
The price depends on the job and the components it needs; you get the exact total on the phone before the technician is sent. See our reference prices.