nsxxtreme

I lost a set of keys. A $325 RR key ouch!! and my NSX key. So I looked on sleazebay for a replacement and they want $98 for the plastic key. They state the key is becomming rare. Anyone have problems getting new keys. I called the Acura dealer and ordered one for $16.

Keys are getting stupid expensive, its getting to the point you could hold them for ransom haha you could easily be carrying a $1000 around in your pocket depending on the cars you own.

NW Classic Honda

Holy ****!

Black NSX

wow, I will be sure to make copies of my keys just in case....

nsxtasy

$325??? Huh???

If you have a '96 or earlier NSX, you can use the key from any Honda/Acura vehicle, which costs around $10-15 (the official Acura part for the NSX lists for $15), or you can get blanks for a few bucks from your local locksmith. The monel (titanium-look) metal key for those years lists for $110 (part number 35113-SL0-A11).

The '97 and later NSX uses the key with the immobilizer chip in it. List price is $41.85 (part number 35113-SZ3-A03). The gray one is the same price (part number 35114-SZ3-A02).

nsxxtreme

Hi Ken,

I think you misread my post the $325 key was a Range Rover key. Damn RR dealer is a rip off no matter what you buy from them. A smart person goes to the BMW dealer and orders the same parts for 1/2 the cost. I checked sleazebay the night I lost my keys to get a general idea of what the NSX platic key was gonna cost me and found only one person selling these keys, for $98 each reporting that they are somehow rare and hard to get. I called my local Acura dealer and was able to order one for $16. So I came on here to see if anyone has had a hard time getting these keys to justify the $98 price tag on sleazebay.

Acura dealer called me today to come pick up my key so it doesn't seem like they are hard to get yet.

nsxtasy

Actually, I figured out you weren't talking about an NSX key. But I thought the "RR key" was for your Rolls Royce. But what is the key? Just a standard metal key with a rubber head? Like you could buy at a locksmith? That price sounds like it would just tick off any owner who needed one. Oh well.

Yeah, people on eBay will claim any kind of BS to get you to buy...

Ponyboy

AFAIK, the only rare (now anyways) is the monel key: 35113-SL0-A11. The standard key, 35113-SL0-A01, is black with red lettering is easily obtained (as you well know now).

I bought a monel key from SOS last year when I heard they were becoming fairly rare. Matter of fact, I don't think I've started my NSX with it.

nsxxtreme

It's a high security key wich has the key pattern cut into the center of the key instead of the outside. It also has an engine immobilizer chip in it. This is a rolling code that when you insert the key it wirelessly trasmits the code to the ECU to allow the engine to start. It also contains the alarm remote. The engine immobiler chip is the one that makes this key almost impossible to get from anywhere else. These keys get shipped directly from the UK. I already tried purchasing one of these off ebay once. Took me a long time to find a locksmith that could even cut the key. No locksmith was able to program the immobilizer. I took it to 2 different Landrover dealers for them to program (100 miles apart) and they failed at being able to program it so I gave up.

And yes it pisses me off!!!

monel? do you mean the "titanium" key? The Acura dealer had these to $100 if I recall.

500hpnsx

holy ****... im glad i still have mine

Ponyboy

Yes, the monel key. I guess they weren't as rare as they once were.

teamoktane

damn!

square_1

Key for my EP3 Si was like 60 bucks cut and programmed. It uses the immobilizer key also. Sorry to cut in on your talk of keys for bad *** cars but I was just throwing in my two cents.

nsxxtreme

For some reason the Range Rover is a much more complex immobilizer. No locksmith is able to program one and from my experience neither can the dealer. Where as duplicating Honda's immobilizer seams to be a simple task and just about any locksmith can create a key for you.

The Acura dealer cut my NSX key and it didn't work. They then tried to say my ignition was worn out. I politely informed the parts guy while my car may be a 94 it has 50k miles on it. Why can't people just admit they screwed up and then fix the problem? Why must a dealer always dance around the problem and try and lay blame on the customer? They are ordering me a new key and going to try again.

martworld

you are right keys are getting very expensive.i would suggest you that you should order for duplicate keys.

ALLxMOTOR EG

Expensive.