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I think the problem may have something to do with the way you spell center. :giggling:

PS: Is a fob in any way related to a nob?

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See, I warned about that whole Canadian spelling thing, eh? A fob is two letters closer to a nob than "that push-button thingy for locking and unlocking my H3" but not nearly as descriptive.

-Mac

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If you were in Hawaii, a FOB, is Fresh Off the Boat!
Not to be confused with a JOJ, Just Off the Jet.
:giggling:

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I'm still waiting for a better explanation on the spelling of center.:popcorn:

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Mac,

Try giving Dueck a call. They might be able to walk it through with you on the phone.

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Don't think you'll find it there, but you may be able to locate it in the center of the book. :D

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You know I did that for you, right? :giggling:

The book says there are four "modes" and provides a sequence to access them. The modes are all regarding how the vehicle will provide feedback (or not) when you use the remote.... to wit:

1- flash parking lights on lock and unlock (default)
2- flash parking lights on lock and unlock, plus horn on lock
3- flash parking lights plus horn on lock and unlock
4- no flash or horn on lock and unlock

None of the modes is a remote disable. It looks like I need to visit the dealer and have him reprogram my remotes again...:confused:

-Mac

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Attachment 34085 I love to give you Canadians a hard time. Yes, It sounds like you may have to take the ride back to your dealer. But I thought there was some sort of secret, cryptic way to program the remote to the vehicle (or the vehicle to the remote). Something like twisting the headlight switch 4 times, facing the east, turning the ignition key with your left hand and holding your tallywacker with the right Attachment 34086 .....well something like that. Seriously though, I read something about this somewhere, on a forum or something. Maybe the experts on this forum can help out.

By the way, what country is Canada in anyway?

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Nunavut!

I was hoping there was a way to deal with it myself. Oh well.

-Mac

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Mac, I haven't tried with my H3, but in my Explorer with the Viper if I have my cell phone in there on it will interrupt my fob from locking/unlocking and remote starting it. Take it out and all is normal.

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In addition, to the cell phone, some places fobs just won't work. There are two locations around here where factory fobs fail to operate. One is a Home Depot (if I parked close to the store), the other is a hospital. Some type of electrical interference is causing the failure. My new fobs with the Viper work!

I do know that automotive fobs are the lowest animal on the FCC list for operating interference. In other words, a fob cannot interfere with anything, but all others may interfere with the fob.

So, if a fob works all the time, but in one or two locations, it most likely is due to the FCC.

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I say...FOB IT..!!!:D

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Some places (especially hospitals and funeral homes) are buying cellular signal jammers so that might be what's causing your failure. There's only a couple of licenced jammers on the market. Most are unlicenced and therefore not tested for range etc. but you can find & purchase them on the internet, usually cheaper than the licenced ones.

In my case, my cell works and, according to the service guy, my remotes are transmitting... so it's a question of the coding. I'll drop in and have them recode them. At the same time, I'll have them check out why my DIC tells me that I have a tire pressure sensor failure intermittently.

-Mac

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No hospitals around here using jammers; I know that for a fact.:jump:

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Having problems with your tyres?

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Not that I can see but the DIC gave the "unhappy sensor" message a couple of times. I've checked under the bonnet and in the boot and everything appears to be in order...

-Mac

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