They likely glued the key near the steering column - it is common to do.

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> Hello,
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide. I just bought a 2002 Coupe 3.8L
> Automatic. The guy who sold it to me had a remote start installed, it
> seems to work just fine. But he could only give me one key, he said
> the other one was used for the remote start. I asked him if I could
> unplug it and he said he had no idea where it was in the car. So now I
> would like to make some duplicate PATS keys but I only have one key so
> I would need to go to the dealer and pay. Is it possible the key is
> inserted into the remote start module? The more I think about it, they
> can't work that way because an extra key would be in the car for the
> thief. Was the chip probably removed from the key and placed in the
> steering column? And if this was the case, Could I get a blank cut in
> the shape of my key, and would it work to start the car because the
> chip it needs is already in the steering column? Thanks for your
> thoughts and any help you can provide.
>
> Brian
>