1998 Mazda MPV
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

1998 Mazda MPV Metal Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got a call from a guy out near Casa de Oro, the residential side of La Mesa where the hills start. He'd been hiking around the open space area and came back to his 1998 Mazda MPV with nothing in his pockets. Key was gone. He'd retraced the trail twice. No luck.

He figured he was looking at a tow to the dealer, a wait, and a bill that made no sense for a 26-year-old van with a simple key. I told him I could be there that afternoon and it wasn't going to be that complicated.

When I pulled up, the MPV was sitting in the dirt lot looking perfectly fine except for the obvious problem of being locked. I used my pick tools on the door, read the wafer positions as I worked, and had the door open in a few minutes. From those wafer readings I had everything I needed to cut a replacement key on site.

I cut the key, tested it in the door, tested it in the ignition. It turned, the engine started, done. No tow. No dealer appointment. No waiting until Tuesday.

He asked if there was any programming involved. There wasn't. It's a 1998. The key is metal, the lock is mechanical, and once the cut is right the car runs. He laughed a little at how simple it turned out to be.

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