Hi everyone, I'm running into an odd issue on my 07 Acura TL type s. My driver side door lock cylinder is damaged, the key only fits half way in. The problem is I don’t have my remote key, I lost and never got around to replacing it. That being said I needed to get in my car so I had AAA come out to unlock it. I stressed the importance of clicking the button instead of pulling the lock but the guy was bs’ing me and pulled the lock anyway. So now I have the car in anti theft mode and I cant get it out of anti theft so im stuck.

Theres been a few possible solutions I've been thinking of:

• Buying a remote key and reprogramming it
• Taking the door panel off and pulling the actuator latch manually
• Replacing the door lock cylinder

The first and second option would be ideal but im not sure if those would disable anti theft mode. Third option seems to be time and labor intensive + its freezing in Michigan. Does anybody have any advice? Has anyone gone through a similar situation? How did you handle it.

Thank you in advance for your responses!