Programming Locks
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Burning Brakes
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Programming Locks
How do I program to prevent locking keys in the car. It locks automatically now. I would like to be able to lock it with the FOB in my hand. Is this possible?
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2005 owner's manual, beginning on page 3-68.
Supposedly you cannot lock a fob in the car unless at least one fob has been removed from the car. This is not true if you toss the fob into the back hatch area through the hatch opening.
Entering the Personal Options Menu
To enter the personal options menu, use the
following steps:
1. If you have an automatic transmission vehicle, turn
the vehicle on with the shift lever in PARK (P).
If you have a manual transmission vehicle, turn the
vehicle on with the parking brake set.
2. Press the OPTION button and you will enter the
PERSONAL OPTIONS menu.
The DIC will display the current driver
number (1 or 2) for a few seconds and then will
display instructions on which buttons to use
for setting the personalizations. The RESET button
is used to select a setting for a particular feature.
The OPTION button is used to move to the
next feature.
3. Press the OPTION button while the instruction
screen is displayed to enter the first personalization
menu item.
4. Once you have cycled through all of the personal
options, pressing the OPTION button a final time
exits the personal options menu. In addition, if
no button is pressed within 45 seconds, the DIC will
exit the personal options menu.
FOB Reminder: This option chirps the horn three times
when the driver’s door is closed and there is a keyless
access transmitter inside the interior of the vehicle. This
will only occur when the vehicle is off.
Press the OPTION button until FOB REMINDER
appears on the display, then press the RESET button to
scroll through the following modes:
• YES
• NO (default)
If you choose YES, the horn will chirp three times when
a keyless access transmitter is inside of the vehicle
while the ignition is turned off and the driver’s door is
closed.
If you choose NO, this option will turn off.
When the mode you want is selected, press the
OPTION button to set your choice and advance to the
next personal option.
Passive Door Locking: This option allows you to
select whether the doors automatically lock when the
ignition is turned off, the keyless access transmitter has
been removed from the interior of the vehicle, and
the doors have been closed for eight seconds. If
a keyless access transmitter is left inside of the vehicle,
the doors will not lock. You may temporarily disable
the passive door locking feature by pressing a
door unlock switch for three seconds while a door is
open. Passive door locking will then remain disabled
until a door lock switch is pressed or until the power
mode transitions from the off power mode.
Press the OPTION button until PASSIVE DOOR
LOCKING appears on the display, then press the
RESET button to scroll through the following modes:
• OFF (default)
• SILENT
• HORN
If you choose OFF, this option will turn off.
If you choose SILENT, the doors will automatically lock
eight seconds after you turn the ignition off, remove
the keyless access transmitter from the interior of the
vehicle, and close both doors.
If you choose HORN, the doors will automatically lock
and the horn will chirp eight seconds after you turn
the ignition off, remove the keyless access transmitter
from the interior of the vehicle, and close both doors.
If you are parking in a quiet area and do not want
the horn to sound when the doors lock, press the lock
button on the keyless access transmitter immediately
after removing it from the interior and closing the doors.
This will lock the doors and cancel the passive locking
for this ignition cycle.
When the mode you want is selected, press the
OPTION button to set your choice and advance to the
next personal option.
To enter the personal options menu, use the
following steps:
1. If you have an automatic transmission vehicle, turn
the vehicle on with the shift lever in PARK (P).
If you have a manual transmission vehicle, turn the
vehicle on with the parking brake set.
2. Press the OPTION button and you will enter the
PERSONAL OPTIONS menu.
The DIC will display the current driver
number (1 or 2) for a few seconds and then will
display instructions on which buttons to use
for setting the personalizations. The RESET button
is used to select a setting for a particular feature.
The OPTION button is used to move to the
next feature.
3. Press the OPTION button while the instruction
screen is displayed to enter the first personalization
menu item.
4. Once you have cycled through all of the personal
options, pressing the OPTION button a final time
exits the personal options menu. In addition, if
no button is pressed within 45 seconds, the DIC will
exit the personal options menu.
FOB Reminder: This option chirps the horn three times
when the driver’s door is closed and there is a keyless
access transmitter inside the interior of the vehicle. This
will only occur when the vehicle is off.
Press the OPTION button until FOB REMINDER
appears on the display, then press the RESET button to
scroll through the following modes:
• YES
• NO (default)
If you choose YES, the horn will chirp three times when
a keyless access transmitter is inside of the vehicle
while the ignition is turned off and the driver’s door is
closed.
If you choose NO, this option will turn off.
When the mode you want is selected, press the
OPTION button to set your choice and advance to the
next personal option.
Passive Door Locking: This option allows you to
select whether the doors automatically lock when the
ignition is turned off, the keyless access transmitter has
been removed from the interior of the vehicle, and
the doors have been closed for eight seconds. If
a keyless access transmitter is left inside of the vehicle,
the doors will not lock. You may temporarily disable
the passive door locking feature by pressing a
door unlock switch for three seconds while a door is
open. Passive door locking will then remain disabled
until a door lock switch is pressed or until the power
mode transitions from the off power mode.
Press the OPTION button until PASSIVE DOOR
LOCKING appears on the display, then press the
RESET button to scroll through the following modes:
• OFF (default)
• SILENT
• HORN
If you choose OFF, this option will turn off.
If you choose SILENT, the doors will automatically lock
eight seconds after you turn the ignition off, remove
the keyless access transmitter from the interior of the
vehicle, and close both doors.
If you choose HORN, the doors will automatically lock
and the horn will chirp eight seconds after you turn
the ignition off, remove the keyless access transmitter
from the interior of the vehicle, and close both doors.
If you are parking in a quiet area and do not want
the horn to sound when the doors lock, press the lock
button on the keyless access transmitter immediately
after removing it from the interior and closing the doors.
This will lock the doors and cancel the passive locking
for this ignition cycle.
When the mode you want is selected, press the
OPTION button to set your choice and advance to the
next personal option.
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Burning Brakes
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That's what I did the other day. Played tennis and put my keys in the tennis bag. Came out to the car and opened the hatch and through the tennis bag with keys in the trunk. When the doors wouldn't unlock, I knew I had a problem. Apparently the Fob in the trunk is not close enough to unlock anything.
Thank God for fob number two which took a round trip cabfare.
Reading the manual gives me a headache. Still hard to tell what happens when. I guess if I choose Passive locking OFF, the car will no longer lock itself but I am still exposed to locking the keys in the car if I accidentally throw them in the trunk before I unlock the doors. True?
Thank God for fob number two which took a round trip cabfare.
Reading the manual gives me a headache. Still hard to tell what happens when. I guess if I choose Passive locking OFF, the car will no longer lock itself but I am still exposed to locking the keys in the car if I accidentally throw them in the trunk before I unlock the doors. True?
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You're the first tennis player.
What a bummer it has to be realizing the FOB's in the car & you're outside.
Glad you got it resolved with minimal inconvenience.
Nothing sticks in the ol' memory like expereince.
My bet is you'll probably not do that again.
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Up to now it's only been golfers I've read doing this, so congrats.
You're the first tennis player.
What a bummer it has to be realizing the FOB's in the car & you're outside.
Glad you got it resolved with minimal inconvenience.
Nothing sticks in the ol' memory like expereince.
My bet is you'll probably not do that again.
You're the first tennis player.
What a bummer it has to be realizing the FOB's in the car & you're outside.
Glad you got it resolved with minimal inconvenience.
Nothing sticks in the ol' memory like expereince.
My bet is you'll probably not do that again.
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Only if you have 2 fobs with you. If you have only one fob with you, then when you toss that fob into the back hatch area through the hatch opening, you'd have no way of locking the car, so you should be okay.
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That's what I did the other day. Played tennis and put my keys in the tennis bag. Came out to the car and opened the hatch and through the tennis bag with keys in the trunk. When the doors wouldn't unlock, I knew I had a problem. Apparently the Fob in the trunk is not close enough to unlock anything.
Thank God for fob number two which took a round trip cabfare.
Reading the manual gives me a headache. Still hard to tell what happens when. I guess if I choose Passive locking OFF, the car will no longer lock itself but I am still exposed to locking the keys in the car if I accidentally throw them in the trunk before I unlock the doors. True?
Thank God for fob number two which took a round trip cabfare.
Reading the manual gives me a headache. Still hard to tell what happens when. I guess if I choose Passive locking OFF, the car will no longer lock itself but I am still exposed to locking the keys in the car if I accidentally throw them in the trunk before I unlock the doors. True?
Up to now it's only been golfers I've read doing this, so congrats.
You're the first tennis player.
What a bummer it has to be realizing the FOB's in the car & you're outside.
Glad you got it resolved with minimal inconvenience.
Nothing sticks in the ol' memory like expereince.
My bet is you'll probably not do that again.
You're the first tennis player.
What a bummer it has to be realizing the FOB's in the car & you're outside.
Glad you got it resolved with minimal inconvenience.
Nothing sticks in the ol' memory like expereince.
My bet is you'll probably not do that again.
It is times like those when one thinks of OnStar....well perhaps only briefly for some but still.....
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yup through mine in the trunk too - and i dont have a second set - lost somewhere in the shuffle between changing owners - after lots of phone calls come to find out there is a key entry to get in by the license plate ---- luckily i had the key not attached to the fob and up in my room
p.s. onstar was no help bc i hadnt set it up yet and they said they couldnt do anything
p.s. onstar was no help bc i hadnt set it up yet and they said they couldnt do anything
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One would think that the FOB in the trunk, a foot away from the trunk lock, would allow it to open. Must be that the trunk lock is only looking outside for FOBs. Bottom line, whether you have passive lock on or off you still lock the car when you leave. When you come back and open the trunk with your fob in a golf, tennis, racket ball, overnight-quickie bag, whatever, you are scarood.........until you come back with another FOB. For most that special key will be with the fob in the trunk...
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There are antennas at either 3 or 4 different places in the car that will/can pick up the signal from the fob. For some reason, the antenna that picks up the signal from the fob when you're standing at the rear of the car to use the push button on the car to open the hatch will not pick up the signal if the fob is in the hatch area.
