i bought and successfully reprogrammed a new FOB key without the presence of any working FOB. I didn't have to tow my car to the dealer for reprogramming,
i lost all of my fob keys so i couldn't use any. i was parked at a charging station when i lost my last fob key. pressed for time to move my volt after charging, i unplugged the car and left a note about my lost key and promised to move it asap.
so I called the original dealer, and they asked for a key code. alas that keycode is with the fobkey, so i was directed to one regional chevy dealer with a personnel who's authorized to look up keycodes based on vin#. So I brought my current volt registration and driver's license and they made the key for me. I also bought the transmitter. They told me to tow my car over so that they can reprogram it. I then showed them page 34-36 of the volt's owner manual that the reprogramming of the new transmitter can be done without the need to use of any working transmitter. they gave me my new fobkey and I promised to tow the car to them if i wasn't successful.
and so with the new fobkey, I went to my car in the charging station, reprogrammed it successfully and was able to move my car in less than 24 hours since I lost my last fobkey.
as for the details of the reprogramming, that's a completely different story! let's say because of my impatience in waiting for three of 10 minute cycle, I always reset it to the beginning, so instead of 30 minute reprogramming as indicated in the manual, it took me 2 hours, including trials and frustrations.
I will post a follow up later on the pitfalls of following the instructions in the manual and what it doesn't tell you. As an example, when I opened the car with the new key, alarm went off but I was glad i was able to turn it off with an app.
i lost all of my fob keys so i couldn't use any. i was parked at a charging station when i lost my last fob key. pressed for time to move my volt after charging, i unplugged the car and left a note about my lost key and promised to move it asap.
so I called the original dealer, and they asked for a key code. alas that keycode is with the fobkey, so i was directed to one regional chevy dealer with a personnel who's authorized to look up keycodes based on vin#. So I brought my current volt registration and driver's license and they made the key for me. I also bought the transmitter. They told me to tow my car over so that they can reprogram it. I then showed them page 34-36 of the volt's owner manual that the reprogramming of the new transmitter can be done without the need to use of any working transmitter. they gave me my new fobkey and I promised to tow the car to them if i wasn't successful.
and so with the new fobkey, I went to my car in the charging station, reprogrammed it successfully and was able to move my car in less than 24 hours since I lost my last fobkey.
as for the details of the reprogramming, that's a completely different story! let's say because of my impatience in waiting for three of 10 minute cycle, I always reset it to the beginning, so instead of 30 minute reprogramming as indicated in the manual, it took me 2 hours, including trials and frustrations.
I will post a follow up later on the pitfalls of following the instructions in the manual and what it doesn't tell you. As an example, when I opened the car with the new key, alarm went off but I was glad i was able to turn it off with an app.
