{"id":51103,"date":"2017-03-12T10:27:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T15:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=51103"},"modified":"2017-03-12T10:29:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T15:29:44","slug":"immobilizer-2003-honda-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/03\/immobilizer-2003-honda-pilot","title":{"rendered":"immobilizer 2003 Honda Pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51222\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2003-honda-pilot.jpg\" alt=\"2003 Honda Pilot\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2003-honda-pilot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2003-honda-pilot-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>My ignition switch cylinder went out. So I went and bought the new part.I also bought a new key fob to go with my car. If I replace the ignition switch, would I need to program the key fob with the old key or the new key?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>RESPONSE<\/p>\n<p>Which ever key starts the car is the one I would use.<\/p>\n<h3>Immobilizer System Description<\/h3>\n<p>The vehicle is equipped with an immobilizer system that will disable the vehicle unless the proper ignition key is used.<\/p>\n<p>This system consists of a transponder located in the ignition key, an immobilizer control unit-receiver, an indicator, and the <a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/pcm-engine-computer.html\">PCM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When the key is inserted in the ignition switch and turned to the (II) position, the immobilizer control unit-receiver sends power to the transponder in the ignition key. The transponder then sends a coded signal back through the immobilizer control unit-receiver to the PCM.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51221\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/immobilizer.png\" alt=\"Immobilizer\" width=\"613\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/immobilizer.png 613w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/immobilizer-300x106.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When the proper key has been used, the immobilizer indicator will come on for about 2 seconds, then go off.<\/li>\n<li>If the wrong key has been used whose code was not received or recognized by the unit, the indicator will come on for about 2 seconds. Then it will blink until the ignition switch is turned OFF.<\/li>\n<li>If the ignition switch is turned OFF, the indicator will blink for about 5 seconds to signal that the unit has been set correctly. Then the indicator will go off.<\/li>\n<li>When the customer has lost his key, and cannot start the engine, contact Honda Customer Relations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My ignition switch cylinder went out. So I went and bought the new part.I also bought a new key fob to go with my car. If I replace the ignition switch, would I need to program the key fob with the old key or the new key? RESPONSE Which ever key starts the car is&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/03\/immobilizer-2003-honda-pilot\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">immobilizer 2003 Honda Pilot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14430,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[11435,2882],"class_list":["post-51103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-honda","tag-immobilizer","tag-pilot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}