Re: 1998 Jeep Cherokee: Reset Keyless Entry?
 

Okay. I guess I'll just go to the deal. I tried that other method -
lock the door, turn the car on, press the button etc and it didn't
work.

Falcon63 wrote:
> I have a 97 GC and searched for months to find instructions to do it
> myself because the dealer wanted $38.00 to do it. After finally giving
> up I went to the dealer, paid $40.00 for waiting and 5 minutes later
> my remotes were working. I had bought two remotes off Ebay and found
> out that my vehicle will only accept programming from 2 remotes. I had
> 3 total. So now I have a spare but I'll have to pay again. I had found
> instructions to reprogram a 94 Chrysler LHS I had, so some cars there
> are shortcuts and some you have to pay for... Good luck.
>
>
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:38:14 -0800, Lon <lon.stowell@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> >If yours is of the same "quality" as that of the ZJ series, the little
> >switches under the thumb buttons go bad, more correctly get dirty and
> >don't make good contact. They can be cleaned but you'll want to be
> >familiar with obnoxiously small electronics to do so.
> >
> >If this is the 2 button remote, try reprograming it.
> >e.g. http://www.thejeep.com/pilandprogram.html
> >
> >
> >Carl proclaimed:
> >
> >> When I bought my '00 XJ, the PO said the keyless entry fob batteries had
> >> died. He replaced them and said the fobs still didn't work. After pressing
> >> the lock and unlock buttons about a hundred times, both fobs now work. Go
> >> figure.
> >>
> >> Carl
> >>
> >>
> >> "Weatherman" <weatherman@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1163347155.620756.134210@i42g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >>
> >>>I just bought a jeep and the keyless entry isn't working. The previous
> >>>owner hadn't used the central locking mechanism for quite some time
> >>>(fuse was removed), so I replaced the fuse, and replaced the batteries
> >>>in the fob. Central locking now works, but the keyless entry still
> >>>doesn't. How do I reset the keyless fob with the car?
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>