Encoded Keys

[732Galant]

Well when I bought my car, it only came with one key. I got a spare made but it is just if I lock my keys in the car since I did not pay the like $100+ for an encoded key. Anyone get one of those keys off ebay then they send you a name of someone who will program the key for $60? Any other ideas would be appreciated, I am a bit paranoid about only having 1 key that can start the G.

[Nesian]

yea, I need another key too
so that I can get my
remote start installed :evil:

[badmitsu]

i dont have an encoded key either, didnt know they came w/ them.

[mrjaydeeone]

I know someone that got another key made through street keys. I know you can find them on EBAY and if you search the web as well. You get the blanks in the mail and they tell you shops that are local to you to get them cut and programmed. And it costs much less than at the stealership

[cdipier2]

if you have a 99 then you dont have to worry about the chipped keys :wink:

[badmitsu]

if you have a 99 then you dont have to worry about the chipped keys :wink:

Kool, thats what i needed to hear!

Mine is just a plain ass key, no plastic or nothing on it. I need to get a new one!

[wright06jhs]

if im not mistaken as long as you have one ENCODED key, (should if you 2000 and above) you can go and have it cut somewhere but you can program it yourself. I THINK the instructions are in the ownders manual. Ill have to look and C

[djflex167]

if you have a 99 then you dont have to worry about the chipped keys :wink:

nope my Current 8G is a 1999 LS V6 and you need to program the key to make it work, trust me, i only have one!!

[badmitsu]

if you have a 99 then you dont have to worry about the chipped keys :wink:

nope my Current 8G is a 1999 LS V6 and you need to program the key to make it work, trust me, i only have one!!

Thats weird cause i have a 1999 LS V6 and my key is not encoded and it works.

EDIT: Heres a pic..

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s216/badmitsu/Misc/Picture.jpg

[732Galant]

Im pretty sure that it just has to be in the car somewhere for the ignition to turn the car on. So maybe find a spot to keep the encoded key in the car and use copies of regular keys to have it work this way? Possible? Well now that I think about it, that would just make the car easier to steal. Hmmm anyone else have any ideas as to how to avoid the dealership price?

[badmitsu]

im telling you that a regular key will work!

I have no encoded key in my car anywhere, and it starts every time.

[bmore303]

^^


if you have a 99 then you dont have to worry about the chipped keys :wink:

[732Galant]

im telling you that a regular key will work!

I have no encoded key in my car anywhere, and it starts every time.


read man, i know a regular key will not work, i tried, the engine starts then turns off immediately

[badmitsu]

my bad, i was thinking you had an 8g.

[732Galant]

I do have an 8g it is a 2000 though, 99s have regular keys. 00-03/04 have the encoded keys

[badmitsu]

I do have an 8g it is a 2000 though, 99s have regular keys. 00-03/04 have the encoded keys

I understand that, for some reason i was thinking you had a 99

[cdipier2]

if you have a 99 then you dont have to worry about the chipped keys :wink:

nope my Current 8G is a 1999 LS V6 and you need to program the key to make it work, trust me, i only have one!!

hmm well maybe yours is really a 2000 then. mine was built in 98 and maybe the actual build date has something to do with it

[djflex167]

if you have a 99 then you dont have to worry about the chipped keys :wink:

nope my Current 8G is a 1999 LS V6 and you need to program the key to make it work, trust me, i only have one!!

hmm well maybe yours is really a 2000 then. mine was built in 98 and maybe the actual build date has something to do with it

mines was also built on 1998, and thats how the key came with the car! i will post pictures later tonight!!

[QnzMostWanted]

mine doesnt have an encoded key

[snarlyG02]

I have been lookig for a while now for a 02 ES chip key, and have come to accept that I will need to go to the dealership for such a thing. They quoted me $250-$300. It's not priority on my list right now, maybe when I decide to upgrade my alarm.

[732Galant]

ebay has encoded keys and if you buy it they give the names of people who can program them in your area for only $60. So all together you could 2 keys for what the dealer "quoted" you at.