Open a Mitsubishi with a Dead Key Fob Battery

How to Open a Mitsubishi with a Dead Key Fob

This page holds all of the emergency open or back-up open procedures needed for  Mitsubishi vehicles if the battery in the key fob dies or if there are electrical signals interfering with the fob.

Getting into Your Mitsubishi

• First, if you are already inside, click here to get started!
• For video help, click here.
• Finally, if you need or want another manufacturer, click here.

Retrieving the Mechanical Key

Mitsubishi came up with a whole new name for a smart key or key fob. It is called the Free-hand Advanced Security Transmitter key, or FAST, key, and there are two basic styles. Despite the inflated name, it works pretty much like everyone else’s, with a couple of twists at start time for early models. It begins with a mechanical or emergency key.

To retrieve the mechanical key from either key fob style, slide the release lever located on the reverse side of the FAST key fob, as shown, and pull out the mechanical key. It can then be inserted into the lock cylinder at the back of the driver’s door handle and turned to unlock the car. So far so good…

And there’s video help here!

Models examined include ASX, Eclipse, Grandis, i-MiEV, L200, Lancer, Mirage, Outlander, and Shogun. Model years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Continue to Part II, Getting Started …

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