P5 key code tag

[dukerjames]

found this little numbered tag in plastic wrap in my owner's manual package. it's a little piece of metal with some number on it, and a little note says I'm supposed bring this if I make copies of keys.

my dealer told me my car keys aren't codeded so why it's in there? what's it for? Can I just make copies of the key without the code and it would work?

 

[Ryan]

okay that little tag from how i understand it iss if you want to order the keys from mazda, i believe you can get a key made at walmart or wherever without that code, that code is so that you dont have to send a key into mazda to have it coppied.

 

[ZoomZoomH]

yeah Mazda keys don't have security chips in them like some of the luxury cars, so you can take it to any hardware store to make copies.

it cost me $1.50 to have one made at Home Depot

 

[seatown.P5]

If you lose all your keys, you can get a new set using the number imprinted on that metal tag.

 

[Stealth5]

i have one i got at the hardware store, handy when my parents "try" to take my keys away