Tech tip: run the new keys in an out on the outside lock cylinder to smooth out the rough cuts on the blade. It prevents keys getting stuck on the ignition. Love your videos.
Well, that was easy. All it took was the right equipment combined with a whole lot of learning and experience. When I was in school one of the jobs at the lumber yard was making keys, I got pretty good at it and I think they cost a quarter.
Autel FOR THE WIN ! I have the autel and I LOVE it . I got the maxi sys pro with the j tool and got a CRAZY DEAL on it . Please show everyone what else it will do. . Thank you Eric o
Good to know that the Autel can program/create keys! Never tried it with mine yet! By far my favorite go-to scan tool! Glad i decided on it over the others (especially cost wise.)
11.5 Battery voltage?! You are a brave man! I have the Autel maxisys Elite at my shop as the main go to, Worth every penny, but it does need some supplementing.
In this video Eric O. admits he's glad to own a SnapOn Verus. I thought I was hearing things so I hit rewind, it's true. :) I will be discussing this issue with my therapist.
Snap On is great for the scope and guided tests - other than that, the bidirectional controls and any programming features are very limited. I'm selling my Modis Ultra and buying an Autel and Picoscope
Who needs boring training videos when you can watch EricO and laugh all at the same time! Not a jab at Eric at all. Great videos and some of the things you say out of the blue crack me up. Like your last video “Chevy and their stupid keys” in frustration or “what the thunder”.
Very helpful video. I was trying to program keys to an 09 Civic the other day and found out the ECU is bad, so I have one on order. This video will help for the Civic I'm doing even though the process may be slightly different. I'll be using my Snap On Solus, but I also have an Autel scanner and a Silca key programmer, so one of them should do it. I appreciate you doing the video without knowing the outcome, and allowing us to see the learning process for this procedure. Keep up the good work.
just ordered my MS908 Pro w/J2534 USA version last week when i got a email of a flash sale for $1849.00 shipping included, so won't have to just scream at just the Verus all the time.
Been a fan of the channel for a while, but came across this video...Glad to see you crossing over into my area. Autel is one of the popular programmers in the locksmith world. My main programmer is Xtool Pro Pad 3, but does include a lot of the mechanic side also...but I stick to my lane (unless it's friends or family needing mechanical diagnosis).
I bought a $20 Honda key from Amazon, had it cut for $10, then programmed it with a scan tool in the same way you showed. Works great. The lock/unlock/trunk release buttons didn't work, but they can be easily programmed without a scan tool. So $25 instead of the $200+ (CDN) that the ripoff that the dealer wanted.
Those handheld computers are amazing tools, a whole bunch of testgear in one place. Even a basic obd2 scanner is handy for the diy'er to get a rough engine fault :-) Cant beat good tools.
i have that 908BT... been using it for 3 or 4 years now.. $500 to upgrade any software (after the 1st year)! Still works great without the upgrades/updates. ;)
Doing the Fords at work, I used the IDS, and you were allowed up to 8 or 9 keys. I would keep one and program up to 3 more if the supervisor wanted to delete the old keys if there were others he didn't know about. It was also one way we had a key for our shop if the vehicle switched yards where it was parked at night. That way maintenance could be done at night with the shop key.
ILCO is an aftermarket replacement key blank and locksmith supply manufacturer. T5 is, presumably, the ILCO blank number for the valet style key (transponder blank 5). Crafty of them to make their blank encryption proprietary, so you HAVE to use their high priced programmer to program in their blanks.
Way way off topic. Just watched a few minutes of one of your Buds'. It's good to have friends like Bruce. Eric I watch your channel for entertainment. You always say some of the oddest and funniest things. In no way am I calling you out. Quite the opposite. You and your wife are decent, honest, hard working folks. Bottom line....keep it up Sir.
I THINK my Autel 906TS can do this too ... but don't quote me on that. Going off memory. I recall seeing the option to program keys on other vehicles I've had here. A great feature, for sure! This thing has already surprised me with it's capability. So far, it's all I've got, besides a 10 year old AutoXray AX7000 - no bi-directional control with that one, aside from an EVAP test. Doesn't tell you what it's testing, but from learning from all you guys on RU-vid, it's probably the purge solenoid - can hear it click on/off.
Nice, I thought you had to remove the "lost" keys first. But I was wrong, I assume registering the new keys deleted the lost keys (hence the max 5 keys).
Thanks for at least partly taking a stand on scan tools. As you said, the higher end ones are a big investment and it would be good to know more about your opinions of how the big 4 compare as there not that many experienced guys who have real time with all 4 brands like you do? It's complicated with Autel suffering from legal action, the Verus being super expensive, while Launch and OTC are relative unknowns.
Well you had better luck with your key programming then I did with my Volt! the video of my fun experience is up on my channel. Great video and I like to see the "lost" SMA's!
Ilco is an aftermarket key blade manufacturer Eric, I will say that the Autel MS908P is great for doing keys, EXCEPT for when the bloody thing decides to crash on you mid programming!!! I'll post a video soon of my pile of crap MS908P crashing continuously whilst trying to do anything immobiliser related!!! Their Customer Service is appalling (Autel)
I programmed two new keys for my 2004 Sienna without having to buy a scanner. Just follow the procedure of opening and closing the door along with inserting the removing the keys from the ignition to get into program mode. I am playing around with Toyota Techstream software which I was able to install on a $70 Windows 10 tablet that I bought last week. I am not a mechanic but my dad was an ASE certified mechanic, but he didn't want any of his children following in his footsteps.
There are some alternative procedures, I know for VW for example that is all made using the door, hood and trunk switches, then it forces you to put one physical key on the ignition while the "new" one need to hold the door switch in "open" position That is, you will never be able to program a key if you cant show at least one original key on the ignition. This keys doesn't use transponder, is just for the alarm and central lock system. A scanner could do it faster but still this backdoor there. In this very particular case only 4 key were allowed, a 5fth key will delete the first key learned. And there was another whole combination for complete key deletion. At this point the only thing that is protecting the car is a proper physical key on the ignition. Which is a bit weak for today standards, but it was enough 15 years ago. Also, this combinations of switch action and times (very weird) were unknown to the user ... OF COURSE ... (I believe ...)
I have used my ms908 elite to program keys for chevy, dodge, jeep so far. Only thing is with chrysler products you need the vehicle PIN to be able to program them and to get the PIN you have to show proof of ownership to the dealer
Super glad I clicked on this video. Super cool guy and very good detailed video. I'm definitely subscribing. Can you please try to program a new key without any other key and make a video? I saw a video showing it done but the video wasn't anywhere nearly as good as yours. The guy just continued following the instructions without an original key with this same scanner. Thank you for showing the total number of keys programmed at the end. That's weird how it automatically deleted the other keys previously programmed. Can you also try to make a video on deleting a lost key or lost keys? Thank you!
It may be an older video but it's new to us. Thanks for the information. I just bought the 2000 series PICO scope so I'm watching Paul's "how to use" videos. My brain hurts.
Thanks Eric! Very helpful as I'm narrowing my search for a new scan tool. Would love the new Snap On Zeus at around $15k (with the diagnostics data plan). The odds of me affording that or Santa putting it under the tree are 50/50 if that tells you anything...lol Have a great week
I replaced a damaged ignition lock cylinder on a 2005 Accord. I had one original key and 2 blank keys with transponders. Not knowing if the virgin transponders will program as new keys, I chose to go with the "Add Keys" option instead. Since the steering column was still not fully assembled with the shrouds, I removed the immobilizer unit from the ignition switch and let it dangle by the wires. When the Autel prompts for the keys, it's just a matter of using 2 keys at the same time to complete programming. Hold original in the IMMO ring and operate the lock cylinder with the new key(s). The original key was only good for the transponder, the new lock cylinder has new keys which are cut different than the original because it was purchased at O'Reilly's Auto Parts instead of the Honda Dealership.
Now lets program some Red Hondu keys and give one to your big kid (of course not to drive it to the road yet ... just parking lot donuts with the VTEC) ... yeahhhh lets break in the engine.
Alot of times with a after market remote starter the second key fob goes in a little box underneath dash so it will register the immobilizer to allow vehicle to start... Just incase anyone cares lol...
hi Eric, I have an Australian 1998 Prelude that is my weekend car, I believe it has the T5 key (probably the same as your civic) and the factory immobilizer/alarm. You can buy T5 keys with chips on eBay but I believe that requires you to "clone" an existing key rather than adding a new key to the system, is that correct? Honda Australia wants nearly $100 for a key and the dealers near me can't even tell me if they can program keys for "such an old car". I have one original black key and the Red key, what's the best/cheapest way to get another key?
nice video, thanks for uploading, i have a solus ultra with 18.2 and it has the immobilizer feature now, also apparently it can also do the newer keys too. but im sure autel can do those keys now too. oh well. at least snap on has it finally.
A guy at work has a matco that does it, but he spent a LOT of money for just that function, and his battery has died twice. I need something just for the Hondas so I don't have to wait in line for our shop tool and don't want to spend $2500 just for that, never going to get that money back especially if the tool doesn't last more than a couple years.
The Chinese are lethal. Autel is probably the only good thing to come out of China since gunpowder and chow mein. If you had to choose autel wins hands down.
Autel would be an amazing scanner if the graphs werent so useless. You pull up O2 pids and instead of the graph being set at 0-1 volt it defaults to some useless arbitrary number like 0-18.24 volts and it doesnt matter what you do in the graph settings you cant just put it to 0-1. You can usually get close enough but sometimes not. Same thing on 5 volt circuits except worse. It really makes the graph useless and I have to grab the (stupidly overpriced) Snap On.
I got a 2015 accord. Just had a new key cut and programmed. Neither the old key or new key fob will work. New batterys in both and no red light. Any idea?
