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Dec 1, 2003 | 12:58 AM

vette1998

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Remote is acting up - help!

Over the last month my remote had been acting up, it started first by my corvette not recognizing the remote, but when I held the top 2 buttons in for 10 seconds it would re-associate itself with my C-5. It would then act up by unlocking the doors without pushing a button, etc, until I was out of range. When I would try my remote the next morning it would not recognize it again (until I held the buttons in for 10 seconds).

Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do? Should I consider the remote to be bad or my corvette for not recognizing the remote? The remote must be sending stuff without pushing buttons (or the computer is just messed up and thinks it's reading something) so I'm not sure where to go from here. I do have a spare that I haven't messed around with yet.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!!

thanks!!

Dec 1, 2003 | 01:06 AM

bowtiebandit

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Re: Remote is acting up - help! (vette1998)

Try your spare remote..if not look here
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=700535

Dec 1, 2003 | 02:00 AM

Rickk

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Re: Remote is acting up - help! (vette1998)

Change the battery......

Dec 1, 2003 | 01:55 PM

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Re: Remote is acting up - help! (Rickk)

I would say no your remote is not bad and it is not the battery either.

Mine started doing this so i switched to my spare remote that i never used. It did the same thing. I would then have to do the resync hold buttons together forever to lock/unlock. What seems to work for me is clearing out the dic codes as well as doing the full relearn of the remote following the manuel putting the key in to the on position etc etc. IT seemed to make it stop for a while.

Seems like something is malfunctioning on the c5 side of things in my opinion. I have seen so many people talk about it i am surprised there is not a TSB on it out yet.

Dec 1, 2003 | 02:08 PM

roddyrod1999

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Re: Remote is acting up - help! (vette1998)

I had the same problem when I first bought my car. It was NOT the battery. I took a chance and bought a new remote. I thought something was broken inside the remote because you can hear movement inside them. I didn't have a spare since the car was used. The new remote solved the problem!

Dec 1, 2003 | 02:39 PM

ROCKnROLL

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Re: Remote is acting up - help! (vette1998)

the remote is one of those problems where there are several solutions, but nothing cut and dried. what works for some doesn't work for others.
you mention the remote would unlock without pushing a button, make sure the passive switch is in the off position.
if your tire pressure sensors are giving you readouts, chances are your receiver is ok since they both operate on the same frequency.

Dec 1, 2003 | 03:35 PM

5 Liter Eater

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Re: Remote is acting up - help! (ROCKnROLL)

If I do a relearn of the remote by pressing the two buttons for ten seconds, I get the same thing. The remote thinks passive mode is enabled even though it's not. Flipping the switch to enable passive mode and disabling it does the trick. If I do the 'fob training', this does not seem to happen.

In any case, open up the remote and make sure the contacts are contacting the battery and that the + and - contacts are not touching each other.

Dec 1, 2003 | 07:18 PM

bowtiebandit

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Re: Remote is acting up - help! (knowledgefreak)

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Seems like something is malfunctioning on the c5 side of things in my opinion. I have seen so many people talk about it i am surprised there is not a TSB on it out yet.

This is the one for 97-98..

RKE and/or Low Tire Pressure Monitoring System Inop (Replace RKE Module) #99-08-52-002 - (04/20/1999)
Remote Keyless Entry System (RKE) and/or Low Tire Pressure Monitoring System Inoperative (Replace RKE Module)
1997-98 Chevrolet Corvette

Condition
Some customers may comment on the following conditions:

The remote keyless entry system (RKE) is intermittently inoperative.
The Driver's Information Center is inoperative or it displays the following messages intermittently and usually at start-up of the vehicle:
Low tire pressure.
Tire pressure trouble codes may occur.
Cause
When the ambient temperature of the interior is less than 10° C (50° F), some oscillating transistors may stop working. However, when the interior warms, they begin to work with the next key cycle. The module in question is P/N 10401040.

Correction
Replace the RKE Module with P/N 10422621.

Parts Information
Part Number
Description

10422621
Module, Keyless Entry & Low Tire Pressure Module