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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 07:20 PM
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Went through the manual, went to the options, the clear screen, held for two seconds, hit the reset to the program key fob screen then held the lock and unlock for five seconds. Nothing happened. New key fob and new battery. Didn't work on the old or new key fob.

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did you follow this?

Originally Posted by Carcass
That little rattle is normal,at least on a fob with the passive feature.
Are you sure you're synching the fob(s) correctly?

KEYFOB PROGRAMMING:

1) Turn ignition on

2) Turn radio off

3) Press Driver Information Center (DIC) RESET button ( 6 )

4) Press OPTIONS button on the DIC until display is blank ( 4 )

5) Press and hold RESET button for 3 seconds ( 6 )

6) Press OPTIONS button until FOB TRAINING is displayed ( 4 )

7) Press RESET button to begin programming sequence. ( 6 )

8) Simultaneously press and hold LOCK and UNLOCK ( A & B )

buttons on first remote for 13 seconds until message

appears stating programming is complete. The computer

will ask to program second FOB. If you don't have a second

FOB follow on to step 9.

9) Turn ignition off and remove key for ignition.

10) Test remote or remotes
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Originally Posted by spoolin7
did you follow this?
Yes, did all of that and got to the screen that says hold the lock and unlock which we did. Didn't do anything.

I just replaced the battery and even found an old fob from my 2000 vette that I had never used. Neither with new batteries worked. Any other suggestions?
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Originally Posted by 8VETTE7
Couple of things come to mind on this. One is that on the earlier cars the hold time for the lck and unlck buttons was 15 seconds (per the manual anyway) and not 5. Another is that a vehicle can have a max of 3 transmitters matched to it. Are you already at that limit?
How would you clear the 3 previous transmitters?
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Make sure the battery is not upside down.
No need to clear previous remotes. When you start over programming the remotes all previous trained remotes are cleared out. Just remember you have to do all of them at the same time, meaning one right after the other.
Also check your car battery. If your battery is not fully charged it can prevent the programming process from completing.
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The car battery and fob battery are both new. I held down the lock and unlock for almost a minute with nothing happening. Is it possible that the signal received in the car is bad?
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I posted in your other thread that since both the remotes and tire sensors work on the same frequency it could be the receiver. They don't go bad that often but it's possible.
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Originally Posted by ROCKnROLL
I posted in your other thread that since both the remotes and tire sensors work on the same frequency it could be the receiver. They don't go bad that often but it's possible.
Wonder how I would check that.
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I'm not sure how to test the receiver. One of the forum's electrical experts can tell you. The guru is Bill Curlee.
You can take a look at it and make sure the connections are clean and tight.
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 03:41 PM
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I would try testing the FOB to make sure it's sending a signal. They have testers at the dealership and at parts stores (C.A.P., Car Quest, etc). If it's sending a signal, you'll know that you need to check the receiever next.
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