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A cut duplicate key may not work in your car. It needs a chip in the key and that has to be programmed to the car. Found that out with the wife's 99 Maxima when she bought it brand new in 99. Dealership lost one key, cut a dupe from the other. It would unlock the door and start the engine, but the instant you let the key back to the run position the engine quit. Made the dealership get me another of those $100 keys.
We used the non functional cut duplicate as a hidden key for when the wife locked her keys in the car. Magnetic container on the bumper reinforcement (steel).
If a thief found it they were still out of luck.
regards
mech
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