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Old Apr 8, 2022 | 10:11 AM
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Posted in general incase some guys dont go there. Whats the range of 1999 fob???
Im only getting around 35 to 40 ft. Battery is new.
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Old Apr 8, 2022 | 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by helga203
Posted in general incase some guys dont go there. Whats the range of 1999 fob???
Im only getting around 35 to 40 ft. Battery is new.
My 2000 is similar. Some days it seems better, and it seems to work better from the side than in back, or front........
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Mine works from 2ft away when resynchronizing.
Then it quits after an hour or so…..
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I hear swapping to the later fob/tpms/receiver/air pressure sensors will increase the range over the early style.

I have all the parts just have never installed them.

You can also add an aftermarket RKE (I did this) and avoid having to swap all that other stuff and have a huge fob range.
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Old Apr 8, 2022 | 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by RonSSNova
Mine works from 2ft away when resynchronizing.
Then it quits after an hour or so…..
A new fob will fix this
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My 2000 is similar. Some days it seems better, and it seems to work better from the side than in back, or front........
Yup
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Originally Posted by RonSSNova
Mine works from 2ft away when resynchronizing.
Then it quits after an hour or so…..
This was mine also. So i got a new one. But when the car was around 10yrs old and under i could of sowen it was passed 30 ft by alot. But then again i could have been hallucination with all the drinking i used to do.
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A new fob will fix this
My new Fob, a Christmas present from my wife, and not a cheap one, either, did NOT fix the range whatsoever. It works every time, but still short range compared to newer vehicles......
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Originally Posted by grinder11
My new Fob, a Christmas present from my wife, and not a cheap one, either, did NOT fix the range whatsoever. It works every time, but still short range compared to newer vehicles......

I wasn't referring to the short range being fixed. I was referring to the fact that it loses sync with the car and has to be resynchronized.

A new fob fixed this issue for me but the range still sucked.
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