Help! Keyless entry

[bobamylaura]

I have a 98 c5. I have been trying to synchronize my keyless entry fob to my car, I go in to options scroll through to blank page and then hold reset button for 3 sec I get message "tire learning " then "learn L tire " nothing about keyless entry what am I doing wrong ? Don't know if it make a difference but the receiver is from a 2000 c5 mines a 98

 

[timfitz63]

I have a 98 c5. I have been trying to synchronize my keyless entry fob to my car, I go in to options scroll through to blank page and then hold reset button for 3 sec I get message "tire learning " then "learn L tire " nothing about keyless entry what am I doing wrong ? Don't know if it make a difference but the receiver is from a 2000 c5 mines a 98

Well, that might be part of the issue; at some point the fobs were changed, and I can never remember what model year was the transition. If the fob does not have a little ON/OFF 'slider' on the face of it marked "PASSIVE," it's probably the wrong fob for a '98.

Assuming you've got a compatible fob, it sounds like you're somehow bypassing the first option ("FOB TRAINING") and getting to the second option ("TIRE TRAINING"). The instructions in the '98 Owner's Manual (p. 2-11) say, after using "RESET" to clear any DIC messages, then scrolling to a blank DIC display with the "OPTIONS" button, to only hold down the "RESET" button for two seconds (vice three) to get to the "FOB TRAINING" option. I don't know if that extra second is making the difference, but if you still end up at the "TIRE TRAINING" option, I think (at that point) that you can alternate between "FOB TRAINING" and "TIRE TRAINING" by punching the "OPTIONS" button again -- before hitting "RESET" to begin the 'learn' mode.

Good luck! And welcome!

 

[bobamylaura]

Well, that might be part of the issue; at some point the fobs were changed, and I can never remember what model year was the transition. If the fob does not have a little ON/OFF 'slider' on the face of it marked "PASSIVE," it's probably the wrong fob for a '98.

Assuming you've got a compatible fob, it sounds like you're somehow bypassing the first option ("FOB TRAINING") and getting to the second option ("TIRE TRAINING"). The instructions in the '98 Owner's Manual (p. 2-11) say, after using "RESET" to clear any DIC messages, then scrolling to a blank DIC display with the "OPTIONS" button, to only hold down the "RESET" button for two seconds (vice three) to get to the "FOB TRAINING" option. I don't know if that extra second is making the difference, but if you still end up at the "TIRE TRAINING" option, I think (at that point) that you can alternate between "FOB TRAINING" and "TIRE TRAINING" by punching the "OPTIONS" button again -- before hitting "RESET" to begin the 'learn' mode.

Good luck! And welcome!

Thank for the welcome
It not the fob that was changed its the receiver in the car. For some reason when I got the car the receiver was missing. The fob I have is the one with the Passive setting I'll have to keep on trying
Thanks

 

[Remo]

Update

Thank for the welcome
It not the fob that was changed its the receiver in the car. For some reason when I got the car the receiver was missing. The fob I have is the one with the Passive setting I'll have to keep on trying
Thanks

Bob, any updates?