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Remote keyless entry coding[850/1997] posted by Barry Robinson on
Friday, 4 September 1998, at 1:49 p.m.
On vacation the remote for our 855 wagon stopped functioning after being stuffed in a beach bag with a book or a ball firmly perched on the 'lock' button. Easy fix, I thought. Bought two 1220 batteries at Radio Shack, but no difference. Then I remembered a post here about 5 cycles of ignition + 1 press of any button. Well, to our amazement, it worked and our remote was back in business. We arrive home and one day reach for the second set of keys to this car, but guess what? Second remote is dead! I figure I've somehow divorced the two remotes from the CPU. To test, I repeated the 5 cycles + 1 button push and lo and behold, the second remote is alive, but the first has gone to sleep! I tried simultaneous resetting but of course whichever remote was first energized got the wake up call. How can I restore both of my remotes to work the way they used to? In case there rae several systems on 1996 850's, our keyless system has a two button remote, one for 'panic' and lock, the other to unlock. The park lights flash upon first locking. BTW, we have an 96 850 sedan and wonder if that remote entry system requires a different strategy, should we get into the same pickle. Thanks.
--Barry
Re: Remote keyless entry coding[850/1997] posted by abe crombie on
Friday, 4 September 1998, at 8:14 p.m.
If you cycle the key off and on 5 times leaving it on the 5th time and then press a button on any and all remotes you want to work (max 3 remotes) ONLY ONCE then it will program them in. If you press a button on the first remote three times then it will fill all three slots and the second one won't be accepted. If you program only one then the other will be lost, ALL must be done at the same time.
Re: Remote keyless entry coding[850/1997] posted by Scott Rohring on
Tuesday, 8 September 1998, at 9:44 p.m.
I happened to be looking at the manual regarding this very question today. Per the owner's manual (I read it cover to cover, it's chock full of good info) you do the 5 on/off cycle, then do the first remote within 30 seconds, then up to three (?) more within 10 seconds of each other. BTW, you can tell when the battery is going dead in the transmitter by three quick, quiet chirps from the remote when a button is pressed (vs. the normal 1 chirp). I verified this today also.
Scott