2015 Honda Civic

4 door

Automatic

The story for your amusement:

My kid put an incorrect key into my ignition cylinder, I managed to get it out and it worked fine for a few weeks, then for a few weeks it had an occasional issue turning but eventually it would go into run and start. Yesterday I couldn't get it to turn even to standby and then had a really hard time getting my key out. I painstakingly was able to pry it out with my hands, millimeter by millimeter, and now I can't get any key to go in at all.

OEM part kit is gonna be over $400 for the ignition lock kit w/ keys so I was looking for other options.

One option I was considering was a remote unlock and push-to-start mod kit. Does anyone have experience with them? Do they fail while driving? Attaching an image of one type. Is this a crazy stupid mod idea and Scotty would give me a really hard time if it was in my car?

Thanks all.