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 sh.t 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