I know this thread is 11 y.o. Let me know if I should begin a new thread.

OP; what did you end up doing to solve your issue? I'm facing this as well.

We have my Mom in a nursing home. She gave me her 96 accord. She had an issue with the car not cranking at times. My mom's thinks the whole problem lies with her key fob, which is basically destroyed, the back is missing and she's held the battery in place with a rubber band.
How can I avoid the no crank no start situation? Get a new key fob? Would that take care of it

Also there is a button under dash to the left of the steering column. When I drove the car to my house it would not start. I pressed that button and it started.
A friend of my mom's said that pushing that button does not always result in the car starting but if you left the car alone for a while, it would start.


I did not know about this door auto-locking thing until now so I'll be sure and take the keys out after I park.

As for it having an alarm system, IDK. There is no siren that goes off. The only security system seems to be the door locks and preventing the car from starting. I don't want to live with that uncertainty.

Will I have to let the dealership deal with this or could the right mechanic circumvent the thing? I'm pretty sure that would involve reprogramming the ECU. I'd hate to have to go there.

What is the job of that under dash "reset?" button?

Again, should I start a new thread or would someone please speak here to my Mom's lock out problem?

Thanks a lot!

 

The 96 accord FOB has nothing to do with starting the car. The FOB just locks/unlocks the doors. The 96 accord key doesn't have an immobilizer chip in the key to prevent the car from starting. You can get a copy of your working key made and it should start the car without any programming.

I'll copy your post to a new thread. Your problem sounds different than the original poster's.

 

Sounds good; thank you!
good to know that about the key

 

got it, sry