FOB programming..how??
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FOB programming..how??
read this http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...tructions.html
tried 5 times...DIC never lights up and says anything WTF???
all I did was swap batteries...now I can't get the FOB programmed.
BTW who the hell thought up this crazy *** method..the C5 was sooooo much easier
tried 5 times...DIC never lights up and says anything WTF???
all I did was swap batteries...now I can't get the FOB programmed.
BTW who the hell thought up this crazy *** method..the C5 was sooooo much easier
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did the whole thing step by step multiple times...don't do sh**
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Well, I guess I'm just not understanding and being dense about the reasoning here but......check posts 112 and 113 in that thread for a couple tips to try when turning the key doesn't work. 
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I just went through the same thing. Under the circuit board are small round carbon contacts. I cleaned them with a small brush and sprayed with contact cleaner, works fine now. I hope this works for you.
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Maybe the battery is dead?
I know in the C5, I do NOT use teh DIC to program teh FOB at all.
Open door, get in, close door.
Place key in ignition and turn to on, but do not start.
Press and hold both buttons for 10 seconds.
Slight horn HONK confirms program.
15 seconds or less. Done. (But this is for C5)
I know in the C5, I do NOT use teh DIC to program teh FOB at all.
Open door, get in, close door.
Place key in ignition and turn to on, but do not start.
Press and hold both buttons for 10 seconds.
Slight horn HONK confirms program.
15 seconds or less. Done. (But this is for C5)
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Maybe the battery is dead?
I know in the C5, I do NOT use teh DIC to program teh FOB at all.
Open door, get in, close door.
Place key in ignition and turn to on, but do not start.
Press and hold both buttons for 10 seconds.
Slight horn HONK confirms program.
15 seconds or less. Done. (But this is for C5)
I know in the C5, I do NOT use teh DIC to program teh FOB at all.
Open door, get in, close door.
Place key in ignition and turn to on, but do not start.
Press and hold both buttons for 10 seconds.
Slight horn HONK confirms program.
15 seconds or less. Done. (But this is for C5)
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I have had this car since July 06 brand new and this is the first I have had to deal with this crap
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Other than destroying the fob, there's nothing you can do to it that will require re-programming to the car. There is something wrong with the battery installation. Have you tried your other fob and have you tried this bad fob in the glovebox slot with the buttons facing to the right? Your car may very well have trouble getting into the program mode...but that has nothing to do with this problem. Keep messing with the fob battery and connections. It is also possible that you got a bad battery.
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Good luck. It took me a couple hours to program a new FOB. Persistence counts for this one. I don't even know how I did it but it finally came up on the DIC after many tries. Make sure you push the FOB all the way into the slot.
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Other than destroying the fob, there's nothing you can do to it that will require re-programming to the car. There is something wrong with the battery installation. Have you tried your other fob and have you tried this bad fob in the glovebox slot with the buttons facing to the right? Your car may very well have trouble getting into the program mode...but that has nothing to do with this problem. Keep messing with the fob battery and connections. It is also possible that you got a bad battery.
It is the car that remembers the FOB, not the FOB remembering the car. The FOB identity is permanently a part of the FOB electronics. If the FOB doesn't work in the glove compartment you have somehow managed to farkel the FOB. That isn't easy but with the case open and power floating around... In that case it wouldn't matter how the car programs a new FOB, the existing FOB is dead. Now if your other FOB has stopped working also then the car has been farkeled.
I'm betting you bought a bad battery. It happens occasionally. Remove the battery and try the glovebox again with no battery in the FOB shorting it out.