Acura Key Replacement in Boston

Acura is the premium side of Honda and the key work follows the same systems underneath, though the fobs carry rather more functions and the parts cost a little more, and the calls we take reflect the sort of households these cars live in, which is to say two drivers, two fobs, a school run, a commute, and one of those fobs eventually going missing somewhere between the two.

Acura Models We Make Keys For

MDX, RDX, TLX, Integra, ADX, ZDX, ILX and RLX.

How an Acura Key Is Registered to Your Car

Across most of the current range Acura uses proximity fobs with push button start, all of them registered through the diagnostic port under the dash, while the older vehicles carry a bladed transponder key with the chip sitting in the head of the key. As with Honda, a number of model years hold a security wait before a newly added key is accepted by the car, and that wait lengthens the appointment without changing a penny of what you pay, so our operator will mention it on the phone rather than leaving you wondering why the technician is sitting quietly in your driveway.

MDX and RDX Owners Running Two Fobs

The bulk of our Acura work comes from MDX and RDX owners, almost always families running a pair of fobs where one has now vanished, and provided the other one is still in your hand the visit is quick and comparatively cheap. What we would encourage rather firmly is replacing the missing fob instead of carrying on with a single key and hoping, because the household that runs on one fob is the household that eventually calls somebody at eleven at night, and at that point the same work costs a great deal more than it needed to.

Trim Levels, Buttons and the Blade Hidden in the Fob

Acura fobs vary by trim rather more than Honda fobs do, particularly around remote start and the power tailgate, so tell our operator which buttons your current fob carries and we will bring the matching part, and if the fob has gone entirely the trim level of the vehicle usually tells us everything we need. It is also worth knowing that an Acura fob hides a small emergency blade inside the body and the driver door carries a covered keyhole, which means a flat battery need never leave you standing outside your own car.

Every Acura key is programmed and tested where your vehicle stands, and each remote function is checked before our technician leaves. Dial (781) 928-8161 and have your license and registration ready.