We just added a new Honda, Acura video to our YouTube channel with help for 2024 Prologue or ZDX electric vehicle (EV) drivers replacing the battery in their key fob.
These two EVs are rebadged General Motors models and use a key fob identical to a Cadillac key fob introduced in 2021. We used it as a stand in.
Neither company has updated the models for 2025, and we speculate that they are planning the introduction of EVs designed in house very soon, perhaps even as 2026 models.
Smart Keys or Intelligent Keys, or Access Keys — or whatever the manufacturer of your chooses to call them — that let you into your car and start it with just a touch use up their internal batteries at alarming rates, catching busy drivers unawares — even though the car had tried to warn you. Getting in your car with a dead key fob requires the work our posts and videos describe.
Our goal is to help you feel safe — and keep you moving or get you moving if at all possible — rather than leave you fretting whenever your key fob stops working. The instructions for getting into and starting most keyless start cars can be found on our pages — without roadside assistance.
The video can be seen below or on our Honda, Acura video page.
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Remember that only proper service and repair procedures will ensure the safe and reliable operation of your car. In addition, proper safety procedures and precautions, such as the use of safety goggles, the right tools and the equipment should be followed at all times to eliminate the possibility of personal injury or improper service which could damage the vehicle or compromise its safety.
Technology is always changing and what is current and accurate today may be literally out-of-date and inaccurate tomorrow. And when it comes to the current state of flux in the auto industry, nothing is more true.
The author has 30+ years of automotive experience and has assembled the most extensive collection of symbols and warning lights anywhere (over 1,000!) and can help you open and start any keyless start car with a dead key fob battery. BA, St. Joseph’s, ME: MS, RPI, NY
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