Thank you ! It is almost 2023 and your video offering its still helping people when times are still tight. I was able to help my 80 year old neighbor when all the shops he went to told him he had to bring the switch to them So when he told me I took it out then found your video and decided I could try it, it went just like you instructed ! That saved him time and money and made me a hero. No more zero. I hope your business has prospered ever since this video was offered to the universe. CHEERS

@connorflynn1885

7 ай бұрын

You were never a zero, my friend. Your willingness to help your neighbor in such a way can only come from a rich history of generosity.

This video saved us a tow-truck, hundreds of dollars in repairs and days in the shop. Thanks so much for posting!

@mediosinformativosdelsuryn6134

Жыл бұрын

😂

I’m so SO thankful for this video!! After being quoted $1200 to have this fixed in San Francisco, I frantically searched for alternatives to having to spend that money. With the help of my boyfriend and a new drill, we fixed my 2010 Honda Fit using your video! Thank you so much

@johnmorin7244

9 ай бұрын

Damn! Here in mass we come to you and it’s roughly 360$-400$

Dude! Thank you so much for this video. My 16 year old step-son bought his first car yesterday (an 05 Civic) and went to start it today when the barrel seized up. I have done this procedure on old VW Vanagons years ago but totally forgot about it. You saved the kid (ie: me) hundreds of dollars and got his car mobile again. I can't thank you enough. Now he can sit and idle his car in the driveway with the stereo on all night long 🤣

Man you are a star........, I am a 79 yr old guy here in New Zealand, sitting here in the sun with the plastic housing off my '06 Odyssey , I had the same problem as you and when I exposed the front of the barrel I had not a clue how to progress, now thanks to you I am an expert......keep up the good work , great that you took the time to put it out for other people to learn from..... Take care - enjoy life ......

@Fatherandsonlocksmith

5 жыл бұрын

Thank for the kind words...

The locksmith in my town quoted me $720 to replace my ignition switch assembly and cut/program 2 new keys. He didn't even give the option of rebuilding the locking mechanism. I was able to follow your directions and save all that money. It only took me about 3 hours from start to finish, and I'm not the most mechanically inclined person in the world. Thank you very much! Now my 18 year old vehicle with 200,000 miles on it is ever so slightly less secure. OHHH NOOO!!! LOL

This was AWESOME. We were stuck in rural Alaska 6 hours from home and used this video to fix the ignition and get home. You are a superstar!

@codymachado

4 жыл бұрын

MrChuckGorton you had all these tools with you in Rural Alaska?

@hallmonitor98

4 жыл бұрын

You just all the tools handy?

@SiriusSolar

4 жыл бұрын

@@codymachado of course you have tools handy. It's because you're in rural Alaska that you have the tools

@markhatvani6785

4 жыл бұрын

You had better data in rural Alaska than me in Columbia, SC 😱

@martinverner7390

2 жыл бұрын

Lol same bro. I'm in Alaska trying to figure this shit out

You just saved me 300 dollars. I was about to give up watching another video. Then I watched yours. I fixed mine with out taking the whole ignition out of the car. I did it exactly like you step by step. Thanks for saving me so much money. Auto zone wanted 399 dollars just for the part. The lock smith wanted 300 for parts and labor. Feel so blessed right now. I had 1 bent tab just like the one in the video that was stoppping the key from turning at all.

Thanks for this video! It really saved me a towing and repair charge!! This hard working broke Dad of 6 kids is grateful!

Brilliant video ... I don't know how much you just saved me but I'm guessing it wouldn't have been cheap and was going to leave my 2004 Honda Jazz (Fit) out of action for at least a few days. Worth noting that I managed to effect the repair without removing the ignition switch assembly from the car. It's a bit of a struggle getting to the screws that hold the immobilizer transponder (the black plastic bit) but it is possible with a driver bit in a socket wrench or possibly a flexi driver (couldn't find mine). On the 2004 Jazz/Fit you remove the 3 screws that hold the indicator/light assembly first, that gives you a little more room to access the screws that hold the immobilizer collar. There'll be some cursing but it is possible. Also I'd caution to be careful when plugging the green connectors back in as it's easy to misalign them and bend a pin ...it's possible to straighten them back out but involves more cursing.

If there were more people like you two, the world would be a much more pleasant place to live. We may be a little more poor but but we also would not need as much money. And with less money comes more friendship. Thanks.

2005 Honda Element. Astonishingly helpful! Huge thank you!. Found that an allen-key set can easily be substituted for the 1/16th center punch. Also found that using a dremel tool with an small sanding stone debured and tuned up some of the sticky keyway pieces that seemed to be protruding a tiny bit. We removed six of them altogether, four by intent and two fell out by accident. Re-assembled and it is flawless. Again, huge help and many thanks !

One of the single best, totally accurate, very useful videos that I have ever seen on KZread. Thank you for taking the time for making this video.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping us not getting ripped off by dealerships

Just finished up repairing my 2005 Honda Oddessy thanks to this fantastic tutorial. It was the exact same wafer that was stuck. Thank you.

Thank you so much! I almost bought the bullet and had it towed to the dealership 2 hours away.. awesome explanation and very detailed. Once again thank you very much, saved me a lot of money running into your video, your a godsend brother. Keep up the good work.

Because of you, I was able to save my Dad a good chunk of coin. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping your fellow man. All the best to you and yours🍻✌️😉

This video was awesome. I managed to pull my ignition roll case out of my 2003 Honda civic si, and re-keyed the whole thing in about two hours. I removed a total of 7 screws.

Here’s one more very thankful viewer. I got mine fixed with this. If you ever Come to Finland I’ll by you a beer

I appreciate your video. Had to tow my 2008 Honda Accord V6 Coupe to the house. Found this video and about 3 hours later got her running. Cleaned and turning smoother that she had been in a long time! Thanks alot!

Outstanding video. Thank you so much for saving me a tow and all the $'s the shop would have charged to fix my son's 2006 Honda Element. Your method worked perfectly and was easy to follow. Cheers!

@leofreeman5557

2 жыл бұрын

Szx

@brianmitchell5320

2 жыл бұрын

Key won’t turn either lol I’m here to get that fixed by so I can start the repairs on my water pump,alternator,high pressure lines to my power steering and valve cover gasket plus adjustment. Buying a new car but can’t part ways with my toaster.

Amazing video; thank you! My partner and I were able to get our 2003 Honda Accord EX ignition up and running using this video and another one which showed us how to take the ignition lock out without having to remove the whole cylinder. Killer tutorial!!!

Great video! I just finished my Oddessy van. Mine have gotten really bad over the past couple of years so I took out all the wafers. I lost a little tiny brass pin in the lock cylinder but it seems to work ok without it. I should have taken it apart on a table instead of my work bench. With out the wafers I can remove the key while the engine is running. It is so nice not to struggle with starting the engine or worrying about getting stuck.

This tutorial is the simplest, fastest approach to fixing the Honda ignition lock on KZread. Used the video today to fix the ignition switch on my 2003 Honda Element, for no money, only my labor. You could not get the key to turn in the ignition, the car would not run. Doing this method saved me over $200 bucks in parts replacements. Thank you for sharing your excellent video; now my wife can drive her car again!

You saved my life. Sincerely. For months I've had to leave my key in the ignition and whenever I parked I would turn the key back to just past the ACC postion before completely hitting the removal position. It was acting up and giving me a warning well before then but I kept wiggling and jiggling to get the key to rotate and it always eventually worked. But it got so bad that I had to bump the lock with a pair of pliers to trick it to work so I just gave up and left it in that dead zone position. Every time I got in the car I was worried I would jiggle it to the off position and get stranded at work or anywhere. So easy to do this method you shared. Drilling the pin worked exactly like your demonstration. Had already done the pin or tumbler rebuild on my door locks, so once I got the lock out it was a walk through. Thanks for this. I have a fully functioning car again. It wasn't so much about not paying more money for a dealership to do this, as mine has been pretty decent to me. Just avoiding the bother of going there and instead, being able to do something ourselves is the true value.

Wow wow wow!!! I’m so grateful to have found this video and thankful to father and son locksmith for sharing their knowledge. I followed everything step by step and it worked!!! I’m so excited. I’m sure this video at least saved me a minimum of $500 at the dealership. I’m so thankful.

This is the perfect video for how to do this. Made the fix only take one day, rather than multiple weeks waiting for stupidly overpriced kits and parts to arrive. Thanks!

Your vid just saved me an insane fee for a remote locksmith on a public holiday. Thank you so much for your service.

Super, super, super, super quadruple times 100 helpful video with no-nonsense animations and straight to the point with excellent well-paced narration !! Thank you so much !!

Thank you very much for posting this video. I have a 2009 Honda Ridgeline and followed your video and was able to fix my key lock-ignition. I was not able to remove the complete ignition assembly from the steering column but realized I could do everything I needed with the drill, etc. with the plastic housing removed from the steering column. Was able to access all screws, connections, drill hole, remove pin, and got the key lock out of the housing and fixed the issue as outlined in your video. Could never have done this without following your instructions. Thanks again! It works perfectly again after the fix!

Just finished reparing the key tumbler assembly on my wife's 05 honda civic you guys are life savers. Thank you

Thank you so much for the idea to drill an access hole for for the rear roll-pin.

This video is excellent and very well presented. My car broke down at home and my insurance did not cover home recovery . I have a Haynes manual and tried to repair the lock,but after following the instructions, I decided it was too much for me to do. I contacted a garage who said they would come and collect the car to repair it.They did not turn up that day, or the following day.I searched the internet and found this web site by father and son,and followed the excellent detailed instructions, I was able to repair my car. The cost to repair the car would be £600. i am indebted to father and son and would like to express my gratitude to them for their very excellent video. Thank you.

Great video. I have the same issue on my ‘06 Honda Civic. I thought I was going to have to purchase an entirely new ignition until I saw this. Thank you sir!

Thank you for this excellent video. I was able to repair the frozen tumbler on my Honda Pilot thanks to your video. I feared it was going to be a major repair, but ended up requiring no parts purchase at all. The roll pin took me a couple hours to coax out of there, but once past that, the rest went very quickly and easily. I probably would not have figured it out (especially removing the roll pin) without your video.

Thank you so much for this video. I had to replace the ignition lock on my 2005 Pilot and I used the drill/pick trick to get the roll pin out, with the outer assembly still in the steering column. Took about 2 hours start to finish including all the fiddling around with the plastic steering column cover.

Great Video, step by step instructions and advice. I had already ordered new part for $300. I can now return it for my money back, Thank you so much!

Superb. I am fixing up a 2003 civic for my step-son. Pulled bad wafers on each door, then the ignition locked up! So happy to have clear directions about getting at the ignition cylinder without guessing or learning on the fly. Thanks so much.

You saved me $300 on a new ignition assembly!!! Thank you so much for the video!!!

Thank you thank you thank you!! I’ve got a 2004 odyssey. It’s a little bit different than the one you showed but close enough. You explained/showed every step really well and your voice was easy to follow. Great job! Thanks again

Thank you for your step by step instructions. I wasn't sure how to fix my son's stuck key issue. New assembly would require coding new keys. New keys wouldn't operate the door locks, I didn't want that. This was so well done I was able to complete it in under an hour. Original keys are functional! THANKS!

Fixed my brother in law's Honda 2005 Civic with this info. Thanks for putting up good and useful info. Million thanks!

Super helpful and thanks, just removed my broken wedges and it's totally fixed. Total time around an hour and a half including removal and installation.

Awesome! I looked up a seperate video that lets you get that ignition lock out without removing the entire housing, basically drilling sort of in the same spot to get that roll pin out. And then your trick to just remove the one broken forgot what you called it thingy, and boom, fixed! Thanks!!!!

Thank you so much. You just saved me a tow to the Honda dealership and probably $100. Cheers from Alberta.

You're awesome man. Just bought my niece a 03 civic with the same issue from theft.. 30 mins later we are set with a great deal on a car!

Awsome video. Was able to fix my ignition thanks to you. I threw the part in a mill and removed material eniugh to get a pair of pliers on the pin. Thanks again!

Holy crap! I was looking at almost $500 to fix this. Followed your video once I found out how to get the actual part out. Removed the bad tumbler - slapped her back in there and bam! Car started right up, no problem. Thank you so much! You have no idea how much stress you lifted off of me.

Great video! Drilling a hole for the roll pin is genius. Took me in total about 1.5 hours from start to finish. Thanks!

@pouncerminned863

Жыл бұрын

hi, what size drill bit was used?

@CLUBBY261

Жыл бұрын

can get the pin out with out drilling through top, small screw driver on an angle whilst in a vice on bench can tap it out just fine no drilling.

WOW! Great video and many thanks to you for it. 2004 Honda Accord with 220k+. I did it without pulling out the whole ignition and security screws. Torched a small phillips screwdriver and bent it to about 45 degrees and worked perfect on that back screw. The drilling you showed us worked spot on. I saved a big chunk of money which I am sure the dealership would have tried to charge me. That one little bad wafer would have cost a lot of dough. Took about an hour and a half and I was distracted with other things while doing it. Thanks Again!

After dealing with a 2004 Civic i should have never bought, dealing with one thing after the next, my key got stuck while I was over an hour and a half from home and I was making a couple deliveries for work. Big thanks for saving me from putting even MORE money into this piece.

I used this video to replace the lock cylinder on my 2008 Honda Fit. Worked like a charm and saved me $1000 dollars. Thanks!

My 2008 Honda Fit had the same problem, the car has 280000 on her and became a monument in our driveway. Your procedure was done in 2 hours after I got ignition out of car. I just wanted to take out was causing the problem, in the process I had only one wafer left, I didn’t want to dig in to this again so I took them all out, ignition worked awesome, one thing the key could come out while driving, the car works! Thanks for this video! This is the only one out there, so valuable!

Thank you so much for this video. I'm going home after work and trying this before i spend any $$$. you broke it down so simple that anyone, ANYONE could pull this off flawlessly. Truly a man of your craft, fully comprehensive and informative. 5 stars sir, you did that!!!

Thank you for the video! You saved me several hundred dollars!! It took me two hours today to fix my lock cylinder. The hardest part was getting the two anti-theft bolt loose.

@inityo

3 жыл бұрын

That took time I couldn't take out the second one, I just bent the bracket after taking the first out and hammered it gently down

FANTASTIC! I followed it to the letter and it took only an hour (it would have taken 30, but when I took the bad wafer out, 3 of the good wafers and a spring fell out along with it, so I had to painstakingly figure out how to get at least two of them back in... sooo, two wafers didn’t make it back in 😬. But it still worked! NOTE: Make sure to go slow and hold the rest in with your fingers!). You saved me $1,000+ (using Honda parts/labor) or $500+ using after-market parts/labor)!! And not mention SEVERAL more hours! Thanks again!

Thank you sooo much for posting this video because my 2007 Honda Odyssey had that problem yesterday and I found this video on KZread and I fixed the problem, so thank you once again and may God bless you and your family

Your video was incredibly helpful and I appreciate you making it. I was able to get this exact problem fixed from your instructions.

Thank you sir! Here in Newfoundland I phoned every locksmith location not one knew how to do it, did it myself like with all my car repairs and it works perfect. I drive an acura CSX type s and the shop wanted nearly 3k plus $600 for me to tow it off an island where i live that requires a ferry. So you saved me!

This video just saved me a ton of money. Great step by step Instructions. Well done sir

Hi everyone, i had to do this yesterday on my 07 honda civic and it works great. I thought of removing all wafers but just remove the bad ones.i reused the security bolts by notching the head and used a flat head screw driver to tighten.Thanks for the video

Thanks for your video. I watched quite a few KZread videos with conflicting information but yours was right on. The Honda dealer told me $700 to replace the whole assembly plus coding the keys. This will keep my 2007 civic on the road for a while yet! Keep up the good work!

Thank you so much for this video!!!!!!!!!! It's amazing!!!!!!!! After finding out that it would cost me 920$ plus tax to get my 2007 Honda Fit fixed, I found hope in viewing this :) During the weekend, with the help of family, we fixed it!!!!!! What a rush when the key turned and I heard the engine start :) I'm so very grateful!!!!!!!!!!

@fernandojarely6153

2 жыл бұрын

I did everything , but still didn’t want to turn

Thanks you!! This video was so incredibly helpful and made the repair faster than we thought!

Thank you so much for sharing ! I was thinking to purchase another identical ignition switch to replace my stucking one. But after watching your 10 mins vid fixing the cylinder, I decided to take everything apart tomorrow to fix and learn something new. God bless !

Excellent tutorial! i just fixed my son's 2001 civic with this.

Awesome video man. You are saving a lot of people a lot of money/trouble. My ignition lock would not turn and I needed to be at work in a few hrs. This got my car working again.

Thank you for you step by by step instructions, i was able to fix the issue with my daughter's car, having the right tools or using some ingeniunity, to pull the pins that hold the tumbler out, is a 20 minute job. One little tip, when you are ready to pull the key out to pull the bad lever pin, hold the rest of the pins with your finger so they dont fall out. Again thank you for your great video.

You are the bomb! Got my van towed home and did this fix in about 3 hrs. Worst part was getting the stupid steering column cover off - the steering wheel lift lever was making it hard to get off and back on and that's about the only time I cursed. Thank you!

Thanks for the video, life saver! Also i'd like to add that my 2003 Honda Pilot's lock cylinder was built a little different and works a little different, but the video pretty much gave enough info for me to figure out how to do it.

Awesome video, great delivery, really helped me. I'm back on the road, no money out!!

Big thanks for the how too!! Went out today to hop in the car and go to lunch only to find the key wouldn't turn. It's been acting a little funny for months now but I just took it as old and needing lube since it is in an '03 Honda Civic LX with over 340k miles. I gave up on lunch and came in to turn to you tube for help. Seen several videos but most were changing the entire assembly. I did not have an assembly or the desire to spend that kind of money for the tow to the dealer, mechanic's labor, and parts. I went back out and had the steering column open and the ignition core out in no time at all. With the information in this video, I was able to "repair" the core (minus one tumbler) and put the car back into service. All total in taking the steering column apart, repairing the ignition (having to search for tools in an office environment is not easy!), and putting it all back together took about 1.25-1.5 hours. This repair is to easy as long as you are somewhat mechanically inclined and motivated to do the work yourself. The old girl is back on the road!

It worked perfectly saved me $500 thank u so much

Close up camera work is spot on .

This just what I needed, THANK YOU!

I guess it was meant to be. I I am currently having an issue with my key for my Honda Accord. I searched KZread and came across this video. Ironically you’re in my hometown. I am planning on reaching out to you for repairs.

I've watched several videos on this topic and this one is by far the best. Thank you.

worked for me, thanks for help. 100k miles (160k km) and so many problems (radio display, cruise switch, left window, ignition lock). My old 2003 Mitsubishi Lancerat 185k miles had no problems at all with any switch or window or key.

I can't thank you enough for making this video I followed you're guidance and fixed the ignition on my car took me about an hour in total to remove and repair god bless you!!!

Muchisimas gracias por tu video, me as solucionado la vida. Saludos bendiciones From Mexico Sonora

150 miles from a service facility and the key wouldn't turn. Thank you for sharing this procedure. I'm on the road again!

Thanks so much! I followed the steps and fixed my Element that had the key locked in the ignition. Great tutorial!

@djscrooge4719

5 жыл бұрын

05 Honda Odyssey ignition switch

This guide just saved me $1000. Respect and thanks from 🇨🇦

Thanks for making this video it helped me fix my civic which I thought was junk already, thank you very much!

Trying this tonight on 2002 MDX. As far as drilling and pulling 1st roll pin, I've seen people slowly twist in a very small drill bit right into the middle of the roll pin. Just big enough to get a bite. Put Vice grips on it and pulled it out. Getting a roll pin kit from Harbor Freight. No doubt I'll lose one or ruin it. Awesome stuff.

Thanks man. About two hours after work and I was on my way home. Two days later, and I've got a new ignition installed. Grand total of $90, using the old transponder from my spare key in the new one.

I only need to change the switch and found this video while searching. That is an excellent video. The way you explain, the excellent camera work, the side pics giving a better lit view of the dark spots, etc, is excellent. You’re the best, even if you pronounce Honda, Honder 😀. Take care.

This video prevents having to replace or re-key all lock cylinders and reprogramming of many hondas with this congenital issue. Thank you very very much for this knowledge. My only suggestion is that there is a simple tool you can make to pull roll pins used by transmission mechanics. It is often sent with the TransGo kits, but is easy to make; flat firm steel wire, close to diameter of hole, bend 90 degrees, and bevel one of the edges until the flat of the wire can enter the center of the roll pin and grab it from the inside. Works wonders on valve bodies and other roll pins i've encountered, and worked here without having to drill.

thank you iam brazilian its video excellent ,This was very helpful

I removed 2 offending tumbler/pin things along with their tiny springs. Works again. Thanks for the "inside" info.

I would like to thank you so much for this video.. I was about to scrap my 07 honda fit because it's so old with over 420 000 km. Couldn't turn key.... and now it turns... I didn’t remove the whole assembly with the security screws managed to do it with assembly on the wheel. Took me like 4 hrs lol but better then 800 bucks canadian just for part and then having to tow to dealer to program the new keys for how ever much. Repair would cost more then what car worth. mechanic said to replace whole ignition assembly and that finding a locksmith to repair whould be almost impossible in my area...THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Amazing. Thank you so much. Saved me $400+.

I will be trying this on my odyssey tomorrow! Thank you saved us a lot of money! God bless you!

You just saved me a lot of money. So grateful for your excellent video. My 2009 Civic ignition is just like new now. Can't thank you enough. Have a great day!

You saved me lots of money instead of going to Honda for a new cylinder. Thank you very very much 🙏

You all listen to this guy he saved me $1500 that a new ignition a new set of keys a tow truck drive to the dealership and $800 in labor and reprogramming new set of keys to the ignition device youll see when you haft to take off !! I'm so thankful for your sharing this video ty ty ty !!

Outstanding video. Thank you so much for saving me a tow and all the $'s the shop would have charged to fix my 2007 Honda Odyssey. Your method worked perfectly and was easy to follow. Cheers!

Thanks a heap for this ingenious Gem of a video. I followed your instructions to a itee and it went off without a hitch, took like a half hour. I didn't have a punch that small on hand so I knocked that pin out with a finish nail, you just have to flatten the point out on a grinder or just rub it on some cement till it's flat

Thank you! I followed your instructions and my rig is back in action. Like a couple other commenters, I managed to do the work in-situ. =

Thanks so much. IT worked in my fit. Your video helped me. I appreciate it. I had to do the drill thing to remove pin