Some do. If your factory key is just flat metal you don't have but, if there is a little (usually black) square chip on it, you do. Most with a key fob do as well.
My 92 does have a computer chip in the ignition key.
This can only be done at a dealership.
If it doesn't have the computer chip in it, it is about $3 to get one cut. One with the chip is about $17.
Had the same problem and it was the computer chip in the ignition key
No. The chipped ignition key did not start until the 1998 model year and was only on the 6 cylinder Contour and Mystique. (I've got a '97 6 cylinder Contour that seems to have a chip in the key.)
The Aurora has a VATS ignition and either the contacts in the ignition lock are bad, the wires from the lock to the computer are broken or the VATS chip in your key is dirty or the contacts in the ignition lock is dirty and not making connection with the chip in the key.
You will need to make a resistance wire, I believe it's 5 ohms for the ignition, to fool the anti thieft computer into believing the key, which may have a chip on it, has been inserted. It is believe me somewhat complicated.
Yes,,,The chip is actually a resistor that needs to be "read" by the engine computer, it is part of the anti theft system.
Many cars have a computer chip in the key - anti theft - it will work on the door and not the ignition.
I don't know what you mean by computer chip. Do you mean an add-on performance enhancer? The vehicle has an ignition control module fastened to either the rear of the engine compartment on the left fender skirt, if it is a 4.0 liter, or it is screwed to the distributer at the rear of the engine if it is a 3.0 liter. As far as a performance chip, I wouldn't think there is because an Areostar is just not something people usually try to "soup up."
The computer chip
I bought a 2009 accent as well. Found myself asking the same question. I called the dealership and the answer was NO.