Easy to program a new FOB?
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Its easy following the instructions in the Owners Manual. Gets a little more complicated if you want to reprogram everything so a lost FOB can't be used to start your car.
Bill
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It's a bit onerous to do a long procedure.
First, you are aware there is a "short" programming procedure to add another FOB, which in most cases would be #3, which means the new one won't work with the driver memory settings. Only #1 and #2 can work the memory settings.
So, if you just want to "add" FOB #3 (or #4, the max is 4) then you use the short procedure.
To make a new #1 (or #2) FOB, with access to the memory settings, then you have to use the "long" programming procedure, which is lengthy. Doing the "long" procedure means you erase all existing FOB's from memory and start over. The first FOB you program will be #1, the second will be #2 for memory settings purposes.
The procedures in the manual seem to work only sometimes. Here is a verified and tested procedure, long and short, that will work if you follow exactly.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...tructions.html
OR you could go to the dealer and have them do it, probably for a fee. Good luck.
First, you are aware there is a "short" programming procedure to add another FOB, which in most cases would be #3, which means the new one won't work with the driver memory settings. Only #1 and #2 can work the memory settings.
So, if you just want to "add" FOB #3 (or #4, the max is 4) then you use the short procedure.
To make a new #1 (or #2) FOB, with access to the memory settings, then you have to use the "long" programming procedure, which is lengthy. Doing the "long" procedure means you erase all existing FOB's from memory and start over. The first FOB you program will be #1, the second will be #2 for memory settings purposes.
The procedures in the manual seem to work only sometimes. Here is a verified and tested procedure, long and short, that will work if you follow exactly.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...tructions.html
OR you could go to the dealer and have them do it, probably for a fee. Good luck.
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