I just recently purchased a 1999 Eclipse Spyder with 41K miles on it. Sweet ride with no mods. The owner said he had no key fob remotes - but he was the 2nd owner. Did a 1999 Spyder come with remotes? If so, what did they do - just lock/unlock, or panic also? If I were to find replacements (assuming they exist), are programming instructions available?

Thanks in advance - Ned

 

Im in the same boat, just bought a 97 and I saw the key fob before I picked it up but the guy lost it.
probably $

 

Chances are good that if you get a key fob the uses the same freqs as the stock ones (or just get stock ones...good luck finding them, lol) and program them, they will work. You do have to have power locks though. A Spyder should have them, I've never seen or heard of a base model Spyder.
Same with you Top.
Programming is not dealership price worthy. It's a 5 minute job for starters, not $35+ from the dealerships. I have it somewhere and I can get it for you once you get a key fob. Keep note that 95-99 Eclipse (any trim), 95-98 Talon (same), 95-00 Dodge Avenger (same), and 95-00 Chrysler Sebrings use the same key fobs with the same freqs.

...and welcome to MF Nedley.

Oh yeah, check ebay periodically, they have them every so often.

 

Thanks much silvercoupe97!! Great information. I'll start looking.

 

I have a 97 spyder and i went to Carmax (who i bought it from) and asked them why they didnt give methe key fob. and they siad if they got it when they were given the car i would have gotten it. Anyway If you go to Mitsubishi the fob itself is 128$ and change plus he said it cost you half an hour of labor to have them programed. Which should be somewhere aroud 30$ to 35$. But they way I look at it i can buy a total alarm with LCD remote for the same amount of money. And that would hook up to the power locks and everything. And I could pay the 20$ for the truck actuator and get a power trunk release. So I think i am going to go that route instead

 

Since I still have this thread in mind, I went ahead and nabbed the write-up I posted on how to program the remotes for a 2G Eclipse/2G Talon/1G Avenger/1G Sebring (it's really odd to say or type 1G Avenger, lol).
https://mitsubishiforum.com/m_101287/tm.htm

I forgot to add that once you see this write-up you'll see why I say that it's not worth the $35+ programming fee from the dealership.

 

My 99 Eclipse Sypder came with a remote. Basic Lock/Unlock, and Panic is all that is on mine.

 

i just bought me 1999 gst about a week ago. it came with the fobb but it will not work. i already tryed to program it from instructions i found on this forum but it does not work. i get the signal that is ready to be programmed but when i hit the buttons on the fobb nothing happens. cant figure it out. anyone have any ideas

 

Key fob battery?

 

no the battery in the fobb is fine. i already checked it. cant figure out why it wont work