wow...wine more. that'll get your keys programmed. btw you know how much your average large pizza cost to make ? about 1-2 dollars. now go wine about that.

 

wow...it's nice to see that people on this board are entitled to their opinions. i'd heard the s2k community was bad but so far i hadn't encountered anything to warrant it until your asinine post comparing apples to oranges came up. pizza and a key program? i bet that one would have won you first place in a 5th grade debate club. i really fail to see how any of what i said was whining. i was merely justifying my opinion on a situation i thought was stupid. someone else disagreed with me and justified his opinion. sometimes adults disagree and have discussions about their disagreements. i bet you're still in high school right?

 

$107 + tax for me

 

Ive programmed so many honda keys. I feel kinda bad doing it in front of people. Our dealership charges a nice $80 in labor and had me do it on the service drive once. Mind you, not on an S2k (but all hondas with a prog. key are the same) and the guy watched me sit down, go through the hds laptop, and get out of his car 5mins later and give him his new key. I think he was slightly upset it cost that much for that little. Really though, if you're buddy buddy with a honda tech he'll probably do it for free (at least i would for the local community).

 

sweet. yeah. i'm gonna end up paying whatever they charge, i was really just curious as to the price variations. maybe you could answer this question for me. will it be a problem if i don't have the vin number from the car that the ecu came from? and when swapping the ecu, should i disconnect the battery? i just don't want to hassle with my dumb radio code. thanks in advance.

 

The HDS unit asks for a vin before it even lets you get into the menu to program the key, but in all honosty I dont think it actually uses it. Who knows, Ive never run into that situation. If it doesnt throw up any red flags right away, and its able to communicate, Im sure it will let it program a key.

As far as swapping the ECU without disconnecting the neg cable - you're technically supposed to disconnect it, but Ive unplugged many kinds of control units, including ecu's, with it connected and had no problems result from it.

 

i guess it would be best if i called the dealership. finding a vin might be a bummer. i would imagine that more people would have mentioned something though had they run into this, especially after buying an ecu.

 

You've got a vin in your door jamb. That what I always use.

 

You need the VIN from the newer ECU to do this right.

I have done this a few times already & each time, they needed the VIN on the ECU to input it in their systems to output the unlock codes on the ECU.

I have a few friends that work at Honda, so they hooked me up with free service.

 

so my ecu with no vin is worthless?