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Check and replace the battery in the FOB is what I was told every 6 months or so or at least once a year. With ignition in the on position and and within 2 seconds hold down both left and right turn signal switches a OOOOO will come up on the odometer put in your own code by pressing and releasing left turn signal switch then press right signal switch, first press will show #1 press again for #2 and son on one you reach the number you want press left signal and repeat for the next 4 digits, time is limited so be quick ....repeat if you are timed out on the coding.
Check and replace the battery in the FOB is what I was told every 6 months or so or at least once a year. With ignition in the on position and and within 2 seconds hold down both left and right turn signal switches a OOOOO will come up on the odometer put in your own code by pressing and releasing left turn signal switch then press right signal switch, first press will show #1 press again for #2 and son on one you reach the number you want press left signal and repeat for the next 4 digits, time is limited so be quick ....repeat if you are timed out on the coding.
the manual has you do a on-off-on sequence with the ingnition before you hit both turn signal buttons. also, if you already have a code stored, but you forgot what it was, this will show you what your stored code is, instead of all zeroes.
in either case, you have to have a working fob with you in order to do this (not to override the system, but to check/change code). otherwise, it wouldn't be very secure.....
I always keep a spare fob battery in the tour pack just in case.... Which reminds me I need to replace that one, not that it is bad but just in case...
the manual has you do a on-off-on sequence with the ingnition before you hit both turn signal buttons. also, if you already have a code stored, but you forgot what it was, this will show you what your stored code is, instead of all zeroes.
in either case, you have to have a working fob with you in order to do this (not to override the system, but to check/change code). otherwise, it wouldn't be very secure.....
Just so nobody gets confused, the above post by skratch explains how to check for the current code or create a new one. And it was posted as a reponse to a post by danroo. Danroo explained, in post #22, the procedure for overriding the security system in the event a fob is not present or the battery is dead.
As several people have mentioned, the override procedure is very simple. But it wouldn't hurt to become familar with, and practice, overriding the security system. It is far better to know the code/procedure and not need it then to need it and not know how to do it.
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