SMU - SECTION 8A - 132 - REVISED REMOTE CONTROL
SUBJECT: SERVICE MANUAL UPDATE - SECTION 8A-132 - REVISED REMOTE CONTROL DOOR LOCK TRANSMITTER PROGRAMMING PROCEDURE
MODELS: 1996-97 CHEVROLET CAMARO 1996-97 PONTIAC FIREBIRD
THIS BULLETIN IS BEING ISSUED TO REVISE THE REMOTE CONTROL DOOR LOCK TRANSMITTER PROGRAMMING PROCEDURE FOUND IN "CIRCUIT OPERATION" IN SECTION 8A-132 OF THE CAMARO/FIREBIRD SERVICE MANUAL (GMP/96-F-2 AND GMP/97-F-2). STEPS 3 AND 4 HAVE BEEN CHANGED.
PROGRAMMING PROCEDURE
1. TURN IGNITION TO THE "OFF" POSITION.
2. REMOVE RADIO FUSE 17 FROM THE FUSE BLOCK.
3. CYCLE THE IGNITION SWITCH FROM "OFF" TO "RUN" THREE TIMES WITHIN FIVE SECONDS. THE BODY CONTROL MODULE VERIFIES ENTRY INTO THE PROGRAMMING MODE BY LOCKING BOTH DOORS, THEN UNLOCKING THE DRIVER DOOR AND RELEASING THE HATCH.
4. PRESS AND HOLD BOTH "LOCK" AND "UNLOCK" BUTTONS ON THE REMOTE CONTROL DOOR LOCK TRANSMITTER FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS.
O THE BODY CONTROL MODULE CONFIRMS THAT THE TRANSMITTER CODE IS PROGRAMMED BY LOCKING BOTH DOORS, THEN UNLOCKING THE DRIVER DOOR AND RELEASING THE HATCH.
O ANY TRANSMITTER CODE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PROGRAMMED HAS BEEN ERASED.
O THE BCM IS NOW PROGRAMMED TO THE TRANSMITTER.
5. IF PROGRAMMING THE BCM TO MATCH ADDITIONAL REMOTE CONTROL DOOR LOCK TRANSMITTERS (UP TO FOUR), REPEAT STEP 4. THIS MUST BE DONE BEFORE THE RADIO FUSE 17 IS REINSTALLED.
6. IGNITION SWITCH TO THE "OFF" POSITION.
7. REINSTALL RADIO FUSE 17 TO FUSE BLOCK.
IMPORTANT:
O ALWAYS PROGRAM ALL REMOTE CONTROL DOOR LOCK TRANSMITTERS WHEN REPLACING A LOST OR DAMAGED TRANSMITTER. THE FIRST REMOTE CONTROL DOOR LOCK TRANSMITTER CODE PROGRAMMED WILL ALWAYS BE IN ALL FOUR MEMORIES UNTIL ADDITIONAL REMOTE CONTROL DOOR LOCK TRANSMITTERS ARE PROGRAMMED WITHIN THE SAME SEQUENCE.
O THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM WILL NOT BE OPERATIONAL IF THE PROGRAM INPUT LINE (RADIO FUSE 17) IS OPEN.
O PROGRAM ONLY ONE VEHICLE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM AT A TIME. IF MULTIPLE VEHICLES ARE BEING PROGRAMMED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY SIMULTANEOUSLY, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE SAME REMOTE CONTROL DOOR LOCK TRANSMITTER COULD BE PROGRAMMED TO MORE THAN ONE VEHICLE.
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