Hi all. Looking to the wisdom of the group on a key fob question. My son, a high school junior, did something only a high school kid could probably do: he destroyed the key fob for his 2022 CX-5 Signature Turbo by accidentally running it over with a drum set cart. He and some friends were pushing the cart quickly down the hall and the key worked its way out of his shorts and they ran the fob over, crushing it.

Aside from needing to work with him on messaging (he texted that there was an accident but that he was okay, then led into the bizarre story above), I need to find a replacement fob. Is this something I need to get through the dealer to have programmed, etc.? Luckily we have a second fob for now.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

e-bay has some replacement remotes, check design. I bet dealer would have to program it to your vehicle.
there are some on Amazon as well.

 

You should have started him with more basic transport perhaps, as he'll likely have more incidents; with old 2nd hand car perhaps.

 

So your position is that an older car would not have had the key fob run over in the same scenario. Fascinating.

 

Geluk: Great solution to the author's issue

 

It's his vehicle you and he would be better off (especially if you paid for it) if you let him figure out how/where to replace/reprogram the key FOB by himself.
You can pay for the FOB if you wish (perhaps insurance will cover it) but responsibility is taught by learning not buying/doing things for your kids they are fully capable of doing themselves.
That said they are available at a host of different places at varying prices but do need to be programmed by the dealer.

 

We don't know each other's situations. For all we know, all of his friends are driving Porsches and Range Rovers and the poster is teaching that you don't need a $100,000 car in highschool.

My kids drove a new Mazda2, the newest car in the family at the time and it was the best purchase I ever made. I slept better at night knowing the least experienced drivers in the house had the most safety equipment and the most reliable car.

If I bought a new signature CX5 for my kid, I would not bother with ebay and get a replacement from the dealer. I would make the kid pay for it and all repairs that could (should) have been avoided.