Automotive Keys 2006-2015 Mazda / 4-Button Flip Key Vancouver

Across a long run of Mazda3, Mazda6 and their stablemates, roughly 2006 to 2015, Mazda fitted a four button flip key: a fob with a folding blade that the release button throws open, the transponder and the remote inside the body. Our Mazda page describes the older Mazda3 as a blade transponder and flip key car and the Mazda6 as blade transponder on the earlier cars, and this is that key. The record for it gives the make and the year span rather than a model list, so we match it to your car by year and by the key you already hold. Three things are done to a flip key before it works: the blade is cut to your locks, the transponder is written to the immobiliser and the remote is paired for its four buttons, typically lock, unlock, trunk and panic. Every Mazda key we supply is cut and paired at the car, whether that is at 4105 Macdonald St in Vancouver or at your home, and the Mazda dealer is not involved. If you still have a working key, the spare is cut from it and registered in a short visit; if you have none, the immobiliser is read at the car before a fresh key is written and the lost key is voided. There is a good chance you do not need this complete key at all. Our Mazda page is blunt about the flip keys of these middle years: the spring fails long before the electronics do, so the blade stops snapping open and has to be pulled out by hand. We carry the blank shells for that and repair it in the same visit by moving your chip and board into a new case and cutting a matching blade, which costs less than a new key and needs no programming. The complete key on this page is for the lost key or the dead board. One more Mazda3 note: past about 150,000 km the ignition wafers wear and the key starts to bind, and that is the cylinder, not the key. Bring the registration, photo identification and the old key, and call 604-734-7233 to confirm the fit.