How-To: Key fob programming

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How-To: Key fob programming

Post by moparknighthawk » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:46 am

I thought this would be useful here. Maybe a sticky post? :)

Ok, this is from the 2000 Neon owners manual.

Additional transmitters can be programmed to the system using the following procedures:

1. Insert the key into the ignition and turn the switch to the run position.
2. Press and hold the Unlock button on the transmitter for between four and ten seconds.
3. Continue to hold the Unlock button and press the Panic button. A chime will sound to indicate that the transmitter programming mode has been entered.
4. Press a button on all transmitters to be programmed to the system, including any previously programmed transmitters. A chime will sound when each transmitter has been programmed.
5. Turn the ignition switch off to exit the transmitter programming mode.
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Post by 03sxt » Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:31 am

So this would work if I bought a transmitter off eBay, etc, correct?

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Post by DjTransifi » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:23 pm

Question is, do you start the program sequence with a trasmitter that has already been programmed, or just any trasmitter?
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Post by moparknighthawk » Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:55 pm

03sxt wrote:So this would work if I bought a transmitter off eBay, etc, correct?
Yes, it should work if you buy the correct one. i did this a few years ago when I bought a space transmitter. It worked fine for me. :)

Also, you do need one already programmed transmitter to program others. :)
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Post by DjTransifi » Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:55 pm

Thanks for clearing that up.. I lost one of mine..
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Post by BlackRoseRacing » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:48 pm

You need 2 to program a 3rd..you cant program a second transmitter without a DRB3. Read your manual, there is no real need for a sticky..

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Post by moparknighthawk » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:07 am

BlackRoseRacing wrote:You need 2 to program a 3rd..you cant program a second transmitter without a DRB3. Read your manual, there is no real need for a sticky..
You need 2 keys to program a third. You only need 1 transmitter to program others. Also, I thought this would be a good sticky since not everyone has a manual with thier Neons. :)
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Post by 03sxt » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:32 am

moparknighthawk wrote:Also, I thought this would be a good sticky since not everyone has a manual with thier Neons. :)
What's a manual? I drive a 5 speed. :?















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Post by moparknighthawk » Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:48 am

03sxt wrote:
moparknighthawk wrote:Also, I thought this would be a good sticky since not everyone has a manual with thier Neons. :)
What's a manual? I drive a 5 speed. :?















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I drive an automatic and I have a manual in my Neon. :P
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Post by Kernel Panic » Wed Aug 03, 2005 11:01 am

moparknighthawk wrote:
03sxt wrote:
moparknighthawk wrote:Also, I thought this would be a good sticky since not everyone has a manual with thier Neons. :)
What's a manual? I drive a 5 speed. :?















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I drive an automatic and I have a manual in my Neon. :P

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Post by mospaxreton » Wed Aug 03, 2005 11:29 pm

Now will doing this incorrectly cause any problems? I dont want to do it wrong and erase all the transmitters! LoL
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Post by BlackRoseRacing » Thu Aug 04, 2005 6:22 am

I stand corrected, you do only need one..........

For a customer to be able to program RKE transmitters themselves, at least one RKE transmitter must be programmed already. This procedure is to add additional transmitters. If all transmitters are lost, the DRB III® scan tool must be used to program the new transmitters.

1- Insert the key into the ignition switch, and turn the ignition switch to the RUN position without starting the vehicle (allow chimes to stop).

2 - Using the RKE transmitter programmed to the RKE module, press and continuously hold down the UNLOCK button for 4-10 seconds.

3 - Within the 4-10 second time range, continue to hold the UNLOCK button and press the PANIC button. Both buttons may then be released. Upon the PANIC button being depressed, the message for customer programming mode will be transmitted to the RKE module.

4 - A chime will be heard to verify that the customer programming mode has been entered (allow 3 seconds to hear chimes).

5 - Press and release any button on each transmitter that is to be programmed to the RKE module, including any transmitters which were previously programmed to the RKE module (with a maximum of four possible). After each transmitter is successfully programmed, a chime will be heard to verify that successful programming of the transmitter has occurred.

6 - After thirty seconds, or upon the ignition switch being turned OFF, the RKE module will exit programming mode.

Information is from DCX :wink:

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Post by Knoxville_R/T » Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:44 pm

shit, so the one i bought off ebay to replace my 2 lost ones wont work with this? i have to have it programed at a dealer? Oh well time to start calling and maybe one will do it for free.
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Post by BlackRoseRacing » Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:37 am

you also have to make sure the fob is for your car also. You cant just buy a transmitter off ebay hoping it will work :wink:

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Post by gatch » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:38 pm

where's the panic button? i have 3buttons, lock, unlock and boot release.
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Post by BlackRoseRacing » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:10 am

gatch wrote:where's the panic button? i have 3buttons, lock, unlock and boot release.
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Maybe your "boot release" button will work then....
not sure what the Euro fobs look like....

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Post by gatch » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:18 am

it's identical to the fob with 4 buttons that you have, only it has 3 buttons not 4 and a space where the 4th button would be.
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Post by DuhNeon179 » Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:26 pm

Would this work for a 2003 SXT?

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Post by Swordfish2Cowboy » Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:53 pm

Yes. It's in your manual. You should read it. There's not a lot of new information, but you'd be surprised what you can find out.
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Post by OhNoA2.0 » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:39 pm

Damn, I bought an 02 R/T with no transmitters. . .Looks like I have to have the factory program it :(
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Post by Gnuserup » Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:12 pm

Though this thread is a bit old meanwhile I like to tell, that the BUX-fobs usually have only this three buttons (open/close/trunk), too, but the "circuit board" has four contacts on it.
I tried this in a 4-button-housing and the panic-button worked there, too.
So I have been able to programm a third fob with my original three-button-Bux-fob (installed in the differenthousing).

Don´t know if any absent fob will be forgotten if you start the procedure and won´t have all fobs with you.

Other thing is, that the frequencies in europe/ germany and the states should be different.

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