Originally Posted by MrT
Hello all, I have a 1999 acura rl this morning I was in a hurry and could not find my keys, then I remembered I had a Red key stored. I attempted to use this key in the ignition and it would not start, I found all the other keys for the car but now they do not work either. The dealer told me it will cost $500.00 to fix plus the towing costs. Anyone know of a cheaper way to fix this ?. Any help greatly appreciated.
Thank you
if you used the Red learn key the green immobilizer light will flash very fast. as it's in learn mode usally it will flash fast for 1 minute or so but in that window DO NOT put any other of your 3 already programed keys into the ignition and try to start the car if you do it will erase all the other keys .
do you have both of your black master and 1 grey valet key ? if do verify those keys see if the immobilizer light turns on and goes out like normal also does the starter spin ? or does the engine just spins ?
if all 3 keys (still learned) + learn key is present you can try this
label the keys 1-3 then put the red key is turn the ignition on (don't start) and off the immobilizer light should flash fast. put key #1 in turn it to on and off immobilizer light should flash fast still . put the red key back in and turn on ignition again ,now the immobilizer light should flash slow (learn mode) put the key #1 back in and turn to the ignition on again and off the immobilizer light should blink 5 times . now try to start the car with that key if it works then I'll tell you how to get the rest of the keys working again if not repeat with key #2 if not working #3 but one key should allow it to start unless there was more then 3 keys learned.