ok my friend has a 97 civic ex....i have a 99 Si....

i have no idea how this works, but with a jiggle of his key it takes him about 2 minutes to unlock my car, and about 15 seconds to start it. WITH HIS KEY HE STARTS MY CAR!!!

my key didnt work in his car, but it is his key cuz he starts his car right up, and he can just jiggle the key and turn the steering wheel and within 15 seconds my car is started...

just wanted to know if this is a common problem and if it any of you can do this to your friends cars...maybe this is why god damn Si's are the 4th most stolen car

 

I think thats pretty common. MY old worn out key for my 89 hatch(r.i.p.) used to open just about any 4th generation civic door. Scary

 

i don't think you should post this... im sure there are theives reading these forums

 

yep. the keys to my girlfriend's 97 dx open my 93 cx and vice versa.

 

bad post buddy

thieves

 

suddenly feeling very vulnerable.

 

do you honestly think this is a new topic to thieves. i guess now all car thieves are going to stop using thier usual methods, so that they can use this brand new idea and just go around jiggling keys in random cars.

 

This is crazy! I thought the VIN # thing was bad, but this is over the edge!
I never new this. I'm going to get my friend to try his 92 Cx key in my 93 Cx and I'll do the same to his. If it works I'm going to f**kin' flip!!!

I guess new key holes are the only solution?

Scary!

BTW >>> No reason to hide / avoid the truth! If this can be done this is something we should all know about! I'm glad I read this thread and god help if it's true

 

My friend can open and start my other friends car the same way you just described, one has a 91 CRX and the other one has an 89 Civic hatchback.... weird....

 

HAHA! Seriously though, very bad topic to post up.

 

there went our cars.........

 

i have to jiggle my key just to unlock my own door

 

You guys are all such pussies. Like ANY thief would give 2 flying F'cks if SOME keys fit SOME other cylinders.

there is nothing wrond with this post other than the fact that people are suprised by this.... it's call lock picking and you don't need an old honda key to do it. it doesn't even have to be a honda.... or a car for that matter.

Stop being such a bunch of homo's with the... "dude thieves could be reading this"

Chance are thieves are busy THIEVING. (probobly checking out you dope honda right now lol)

 

Yah my friend can start 1 of my friends gsr with his ls key.

 

I am not surprised, and that's not just Honda that you are able to do that with... Ford, GM (my mom discovered she can use the same key for her 1970 Buick skylark as she does for the 86 Buick Regal)

Oh and to those that are scared don't buy a boat... I used to work at a boat dock, and boats generally only use somewhere around 21 different keys, and that is IT. Someone with a master set can walk around and start up your boat and drive off. Of course with a waverunner most of em dont have keys, neither do dirtbikes etc. BUT that is kinda sorta off topic...

I don't know that changing the locks out will do much good, as they all have similar tumbler/pin design hence why several keys by coincidence work in diff. cars. My key for the Civic doesnt fit in the CX, nor vice versa... I haven't tried anyone else's car, but then again I don't really care to.

 

I knew this to be true about Ford's and some other domestics, but I didn't know that about Honda...stupid Honda reusing locks... I guess it's hard to make completely different locks for every single Honda out there...infact, I think it's damn near impossible.

 

alright *******

 

tried the whole key thing on my moms civic..... got it unlocked! but my key got stuck lol... but then finally got it out 15 minutes to unlock sounds pretty right. takes about 1 minute to unlock it and another 14 to get the key out

 

Car manufacturers have tend to run out of different key combinations, there are tons of cars out there with the same key, I know GM replicates keys every 20,000 cars produced. Some keys are really similar, so you can use them on other cars with a little bit of force.

 

everyone, get shaved keyholes... not only will your car look cleaner, but people won't be able to jiggle sh*t in there.

 

yea my friend with his girls dx civic open and 95 civic lx and a 93 accord WTF That crazy

 

lol, my brother is out of town and i wanted to see if i could try his car. if it works,hez gonna freak out..kkk

 

.........**sighs**.........damn this sux

 

i could care less if thieves are reading this.....**** them...if you dont want your car to be stolen put it in a garage dont let it leave your sight


my 92 cx key opens any 5th gen civic door/trunk/hatch

 

Thieves could have my keys, the car still won't start if they don't know the magic word...