Key fob
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Key fob
Recently bought a 98 corvette and did not get a key fob with it and I purchased one from a local dealership and went through the process of learning the fob to the car I go through all the steps correctly but it will not learn itse.f to the car
my question is do I have to take it to a dealership to have it programmed?
my question is do I have to take it to a dealership to have it programmed?
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Original working fob???
These are the instructions I used in the past to program additional remotes:
1. Turn ignition on.
2. Turn radio off.
3. Press Driver Information Center(DIC) RESET button.
4. Press OPTIONS button on DIC until display is blank.
5. Press and hold RESET button for 3 seconds.
6. Press OPTIONS button until FOB TRAINING is displayed.
7. Press RESET button to begin programming sequence.
8. Simultaneously press and hold LOCK and UNLOCK buttons on first remote for 13 seconds. Message will appear when remote is programmed. Repeat this step for additional remotes.
9. Turn igntion off and remove keys from ignition.
10. Test remotes.
Disclaimer: If this doesn't work and I may be off base on this but in order to program a new fob you might have to have one original working fob to do it yourself.
If you don't have an original working fob, you have to take it to the dealer to program it off your PCM.
Again, not 100 ‰ sure though.
1. Turn ignition on.
2. Turn radio off.
3. Press Driver Information Center(DIC) RESET button.
4. Press OPTIONS button on DIC until display is blank.
5. Press and hold RESET button for 3 seconds.
6. Press OPTIONS button until FOB TRAINING is displayed.
7. Press RESET button to begin programming sequence.
8. Simultaneously press and hold LOCK and UNLOCK buttons on first remote for 13 seconds. Message will appear when remote is programmed. Repeat this step for additional remotes.
9. Turn igntion off and remove keys from ignition.
10. Test remotes.
Disclaimer: If this doesn't work and I may be off base on this but in order to program a new fob you might have to have one original working fob to do it yourself.
If you don't have an original working fob, you have to take it to the dealer to program it off your PCM.
Again, not 100 ‰ sure though.
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Just a note to go with the directions CJ1957 posted; If the FOB TRAINING message cannot be display, you may have a problem with the BCM being configured with the correct RPO codes. If this is the case, you will need someone with a TECH II to reprogram the BCM.
Good luck
Good luck