Hi everyone, I have a '99 Mazda 626 ES V6, and I've just got a new key made, the type that has the chip in it. In the past, for another '99 626 ES but with a 4 cyl, about a year ago I got a dup key cut, and it too had the chip, and for $40USD, they cut a new key and took it to the car and went through a ritual that involved putting the key in various positions, pressing the driver door open/close button, and presto, the key was set and operational. Today I went in thinking the same thing would happen, but no. They wanted $85, an all day wait to get it done. Being a full time employee and a full time student, hey, I got shit to do, man! So I simply paid for the cut key with the chip in it and left, I figured that I could find out how to do this from the cars manual, well, I can't. I also drilled a few places via the web and can't find the process there either. So, does anyone know how I can get this done on my own? I was told by the parts guy that I could use the key as is, I would be good for something like 3 uses, after that, it blanks the cars code so it render the other one good key that I have too, then a big mess. This is my kids car, and we leave tomorrow to move him to college/dorm for the first time, and when he F's up (which I fully except), I take the car, I gotta have a way to do that don't you know. Any help is greatly appreciated. --BF
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18 years ago