If your key doesn't open the trunk, the glove box and your fuel door release
on the floor by the drivers door, then you probably have a valet key. The
valet key should only open the door and turn the ignition. Usually the
larger of your two keys (if OEM) is the master and the smaller round one is
the valet. The cuts are identical, the key blank is different. If your
dealer copied your old key, he may have traced a worn key and the tumbler in
the trunk probably has very little use and has not worn the same as the
ignition which gets many, many times more use. Ask the dealer to cut your
key by code if he already hasn't. If you do not have your key code, the
dealer can retrieve that from Honda's database of key codes by VIN through
his computer hookup to Honda. The database goes back as far as 1990 but gets
a little spotty at that age. He may charge a small fee for that. The dealer
CANNOT get you a precut key from Honda for your vehicle.
This problem is not a particular single brand problem. It occurs to any
vehicle after long term use. Your car is at least 14 years old now. Even a
key cylinder wears. If your dealer told you it is an across the board Honda
problem, it was a story to stall you from asking for a refund on his keys.
Howard
"David Macaskill" <david.e.macaskill@honeywell.com> wrote in message
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> I have a '91 Accord. I was having trouble getting the key to turn in
> the ignition. I phoned Honda and they told me (correctly) the key was
> probably old and worn, and that I should get a new one cut. So I took
> my spare into our local Honda dealership and had 2 copies made. They
> both work in the ignition. What they don't do is open the trunk.
> Apparently this is a known problem across all makes of Honda. Has
> anyone else experienced this or is my local dealer selling me a story?