I went to the Mitsubishi dealer today to have them cut and program a key for my 2003 Galant. They get over 90 bucks for this so it may be helpful to get a third key and program it yourself just in case you lose it. (I didnt have a second key from the previous owner) The key blanks are about 20.00 purchased online and a decent locksmith locally should be able to cut it for a dollar or two.
Info I gleened from this website: (
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) You can program additional keys to your 2002 and up Mitsubishi using the following method. This procedure is in your owners manual. This procedure will not work for year models 2000 or 2001.
Customer Key Programming
You can program new keys to the system if you have two valid (already registered) keys by doing the following:
- Insert the first valid key into the ignition and turn the ignition to the "ON" position for 5 seconds.
- Turn the ignition to the "OFF" position and remove the first key.
- Insert the second valid key and switch the ignition to the "ON" position within 7 seconds. Theft-alarm indicator will blink twice. Turn the ignition to the "OFF" position and remove the second key.
- Insert a blank (transponder) key, specially cut for your vehicle into the ignition and switch the ignition to the "ON" position within 7 seconds. The theft-alarm indicator will come on for about 3 seconds when the registration is completed. If an error occurs, the indicator will blink 3 times.
- If you want to register additional keys, repeat step 4 within 30 seconds after the theft-alarm indicator flashes in step 3.
Note: You are provided with 2 keys, but you may add up to 6 more keys.