Re: Fob programming for door unlocking
Originally Posted by
Red Paul
How my car key fobs were finally fixed....
One Chrysler Dealership could not fix my car after having it two weeks. TWO Chrysler Dealerships REFUSED to even look at my car. Onward to a Chrysler Dealership 50 mins south.
They found....Central locking pump leaking internally. Recommend replace it. They put in a new Actuator - power door lock.
They said...Noticed fuel door air chamber just laying on side of vehicle and cracked. Air escaping through chamber. Locks will still work if air supply to chamber is blocked and fuel door will have to be opened manually. Removed and replaced central locking pump. All locks lock and unlock with key fobs. The end.
I questioned the the 'cracked chamber' with the service rep. He told me I will have to manually open my gas door. Well because I always did manually open my gas door I thought nothing more of this. (I would push in the bottom left corner and the gas door would open.)
Question to you guys....my gas door is now not flush with my car. I am in phone calls with this company. TERRIBLE, terrible customer service, terrible reps that take your info for service. They never answer and they NEVER call you back.
When they took my whole trunk apart to get at that part did they come in contact with my 'fuel door air chamber'?? I DO believe it's their fault my door is not flush now. I need a little more guidance before I accuse them of anything.
Is this an easy fix??
And....I had three keys. Two came with the car and I ordered an additional one from Wings... Chrysler was only to get two fully working key fogs. My original key that I always use to drive the car with will not start the car but will lock and unlock the doors. I asked the service rep about it, he asked the tech and was told I can only have two working keys. I don't believe him but I'm over it. I give up. I now have just two keys again.
Thanks everyone for your help.
Sandy
There have been two reasons why the door did not fit flush;
1, The tether that keeps the cap attached to the car gets in the way, spin the tether around so it does not interfere with the body work.
Or.
2, The pin that locks the fuel door shut is in the closed position, If it has not moved when you unlock the car as it should you may will a problem because of it.
The system will work with up to eight keys.
Pushing the fuel door anywhere on the left hand edge or side will release the spring catch and push the door open.
The fuel door only locks when you use the fob or key to lock the car after exiting the vehicle, the door lock button inside the car does not lock the fuel door.
The fuel door does not lock when the doors and hatch lock automatically after you start to drive.
Contact by the service guy is unlikely as the actuator cannot be seen easily. If the actuator is the problem they may have taken off the hose with the pin in the locked position and left it off. The pin is not normally visible with the fuel door open, it passes through that U shaped bracket which the tab on the inside of the fuel door should enter when you close the fuel door. Stand by the fuel door and lock and unlock the doors using the fob, see if you can here any noise of the actuator at that fuel door. If you can see the pin in the bracket that is the problem.
I think that possibly the mechanic removed you keys secret code number from the vehicles memory by accident when adding the new key, once removed that keys code number cannot be added to the cars memory. I think that is what I read in the Service Manual the other day.
I shudder to think what the door locking pump cost you.
Last edited by onehundred80; Mar 2, 2016 at 04:11 PM.