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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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A friend of mine has a C5 and neither of his fobs work. He replaced the actuator and still had no luck. Does anyone have the proceedure for reprogramming the key fobs through the dic???
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1. Turn the ignition to ON.
2. Turn the radio to OFF.
3. Press the RESET button on the DIC in order to clear any IPC warning messages.
4. Press and release the OPTIONS button on the DIC to scroll through the display options until the IPC display is blank.
5. Press and hold the RESET button for 3 seconds.
6. Press the OPTIONS button until FOB TRAINING message is displayed.
*Important: If the FOB TRAINING message cannot be displayed, check if the BCM is configured with the correct RPO codes.*
7. Press the RESET button in order to begin the programming sequence. The message HOLD LK + UNLK 1ST FOB will be displayed.
8. Simultaneously press and hold the LOCK and UNLOCK buttons on the first transmitter for 15 seconds. The IPC will indicate when that transmitter is programmed and when to proceed to the next. Repeat this procedure for each additional transmitter or press the OPTIONS button to exit.

Hope this helps!
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http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=2044696
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Wow a C6'er asking C5 for help. What the heck is an actuator? I've never heard of that. The procedure above will work to reprogram the fobs, do both fobs in the same session.
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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 65GGvert
Wow a C6'er asking C5 for help. What the heck is an actuator? I've never heard of that. The procedure above will work to reprogram the fobs, do both fobs in the same session.
It's the RF receiver in the left rear panel of the car that works all of your remote control functions.
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Receiver I know about. Actuator not so much
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Just bought my 99' and the guy said it never worked from day one, I don't know weather to order a new key fob or check something else...
Any help would be great.
Thanks Mark
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Thank you all for your help / comments
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Originally Posted by THE TECH

Hope this helps!
Thanks! My 2000 C5 key FOB now works correctly.

What does FOB stand for? I assume it is an acronym....and not for "freight on board" as is used in the shipping business.
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Not an acronym. Just fob like a watch fob.
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Ive got to do one of my fobs but ive been to lazy to search then do it.
Thanks for the thread

Not i just have to do it
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