Whatup, i bought one of those ricer type r key knockoffs today at carboy while i was picking upa refill for my air spencer.So i have the guy at ace hardware copy my key onto the ricer one, and it doesn't work in my car, i take it back to him and he makes an adjustment, now all it can do is unlock the passenger side door, cant lock it, or lock/unlock anything else on the car, and it wont start the car either. My questions is : do you think its anything to do with tthe key itself, or was it the guy who made the copy messing up? sorry for the ricer question but i really need to know.

 

i think its probably the way the guy made the key,..take it back and tell him your problem and see if he can make another "adjustment"

 

the second time i took back to him hes like sorry nothing i can do, so im like wtf, and the two keys look exactly the same i cant point out any part of them thats different. Do you think the dealer could make an actualy copy if i brought them another blank

 

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you can try,..i know around here when i brought in a blank i bought at a local perfomance shop,..some places wouldnt touch the key because i didnt buy it from them,..they feared cutting it and it not working,..but before you buy,..call up honda and see if they will cut you a key if you brought in the blank

 

around here you can go to honda and they need your serial number..and then they can look through their book and use their little key cutting tool and VOILA....your key works great....i did it , i know personnally

 

i had one of those...friend bought it for me as a "new-car-gift"
It ended up getting jammed in the ignition and I couldnt turn the car off
Theyre just bad keys
throw it out

 

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serial # ? what do you mean by that? like a VIN # ?

 

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serial # ? what do you mean by that? like a VIN # ? </TD></TR></TABLE>

YES, my bad......VIN...i got a bad habit of calling the serial number...haha

 

are you guys refering to the knock-off CTR key or the actual CTR blanks? I dont see why a real CTR blank key would be anymore difficult to cut then a regular one.

 

does it really matter that much if u bought the key off them? when i bought my spare key at the mall, i brought it to the guy in a small box hut in the middle of the parking lot of Target, 2 minutes, and it works perfect. guy had skills

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pdiggitydogg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i had one of those...friend bought it for me as a "new-car-gift"
It ended up getting jammed in the ignition and I couldnt turn the car off
Theyre just bad keys
throw it out</TD></TR></TABLE>

I received one as a gift as well for my EF several years ago, and I never had a problem with it. I had it cut at the grocery store since they offered the service, and it worked perfectly.

 

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same here but i used a stock key

 

I got an ebay blank key about 6 months ago. I took it to a locksmith and the guy refused to cut it. He actually gave me the BS story of it being made of titanium! Yea... like a "Made in China" key is made out of that! I took it to Home Depot and they cut it for a buck. Works perfectly.