Remote unlocking question.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Kensington PE
Remote unlocking question.
I am driving my first C5 and loving it. I would like to add remote door unlocking. Is it simply a matter of buying the fobs I see advertised here and doing some programing?
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What year do you have? The early C5s came with a setup similar to the C6 where the door unlocks as you walk up to the car or locks as you walk away from it. The feature could be turned off with a switch on the remote since it tended to make the car lock and unlock the doors if the key fob was close (20 to 30 ft) to the car. With the feature turned off you had to push the unlock and lock buttons on the remote. The later C5s just have the pushbutton unlock and lock.
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From: Kannapolis NC
Originally Posted by Daleford
I am driving my first C5 and loving it. I would like to add remote door unlocking. Is it simply a matter of buying the fobs I see advertised here and doing some programing?
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Originally Posted by screw991le
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From: Hollywood Md
Originally Posted by Daleford
Thanks for the replys...... I should have mentioned my year in the first post. It is a 2001. So I simply buy a remote and make sure I get programing directions with it?
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If you've got any buddies in the car business, they hang on to fobs for some reason. I went by the local Chevy dealer and he opened a drawer full of fobs and gave me one, which I programmed as a spare for a friends 2001. You can buy em on ebay for around 10 bucks plus shipping. Check the number on the back of the fob. I don't have one handy, but you can get the number off the ebay listings.
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From: Kannapolis NC
Originally Posted by Daleford
I did follow a couple for a 2001 on E-bay but they had different part numbers. One was 25695954 and the other was 25695955. I had planned to check with dealer in AM
