How do I turn off passive entry on my 98?
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How do I turn off passive entry on my 98?
This passive entry drives me nuts! I was standing beside my car yesterday and the locks kept unlocking and locking on me. I have the key fob set to keep the passive entry off, but it's not doing the job obviously. The owner's manual doesn't show any other way to turn this annoying feature off either. I'm worried that my car will unlock itself overnight or something.
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Slide the switch to turn "on" the passive entry, walk near the car and it will unlock, now walk away from the car, 20 - 30 feet, slide the switch to "off", now go back to the car, it should not unlock.....problem solved!! 
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Originally Posted by Miaugi
Slide the switch to turn "on" the passive entry, walk near the car and it will unlock, now walk away from the car, 20 - 30 feet, slide the switch to "off", now go back to the car, it should not unlock.....problem solved!!
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From: Broken Arrow OK
Originally Posted by bsmith
I could be wrong... but dont you have to do something through the DIC??
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Originally Posted by Miaugi
Slide the switch to turn "on" the passive entry, walk near the car and it will unlock, now walk away from the car, 20 - 30 feet, slide the switch to "off", now go back to the car, it should not unlock.....problem solved!!
I got the car with a key fob with a dead battery, so I put in a new one and retrained it. I had the passive function set to off, but did not realize it had to be trained as well. The owner's manual isn't specific enough on any kind of procedure to do this function.
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LOL, A car company gets rid of things for one reason and one reason only. MONEY. They probably saved 20 cents per car. I love the passive feature. Yes, sometimes it can be irritating but it has stopped me from putting in an aftermarket alarm because I like it so much.
Originally Posted by Shylor
Guess that's why GM got rid of the system on later C5's. Although having a switch on the FOB made things easier than the forced system of later year C4's.
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Just turn the switch off on the fob. Had this on my '99 and sometimes it was a real pain. Glad they go rid of it for the '00.
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Just turn the switch off on the fob. Had this on my '99 and sometimes it was a real pain. Glad they go rid of it for the '00.
