Determining If Your Vehicle Has Factory Keyless Entry

We regularly receive inquiries from people who want to know if their vehicle has a factory keyless entry system. Most (but not all) newer vehicle models were manufactured with factory keyless entry as standard equipment. If you bought a 1990s vintage vehicle used, though, and did not receive any keyfobs from the former owner, it is entirely possible your vehicle does not have a system. Of course, vehicles that did not have keyless entry systems from the manufacturer could still have a dealer-installed system or an aftermarket alarm system.

The easiest way to determine if your vehicle has a factory keyless entry system is to try to put it in programming mode to accept a new transmitter. If it goes into programming mode, it has factory keyless entry. If it does not, then either it does not have a system or the system control module is tweaked and you will not be able to add a new car remote anyway. Many vehicles are user-programmable, meaning a new remote can be added by a user without requiring dealer programming. (Many of us in the industry refer to this as on-board programming.) Programming instructions for vehicles that have on-board programming are fairly widely available from a variety of blog sites and web sellers, and sometimes are even included in the vehicle’s operating manual. So, try to find out how your vehicle is programmed and, if it is user-programmable, try the procedure to see if you get the response that tells you your vehicle is in programming mode.

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One Response to Determining If Your Vehicle Has Factory Keyless Entry

  1. nice post, thanks for sharing about keyless entry

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