Alarm - Goes Off When Any Button on RKE is Pushed
BULLETIN NO.: 95-T-56ISSUE DATE: December, 1995
GROUP/SEQ. NO.: Electrical - 14
CORPORATION NO.: 588207
SUBJECT:
Pressing Any Button on Saturn RKE Fob, Sets Off Alarms on Some Automotive Security Systems (Security System Needs to be Reprogrammed)
MODELS AFFECTED:
1996 Saturns equipped with optional remote keyless entry (RKE) system
CONDITION:
When customers use their RKE system hand-held transmitter (Fob) to operate the RKE system, it may cause a security system, installed on another vehicle in the vicinity or their vehicle, to trigger an alarm.
CAUSE:
Some automotive security systems can accept four transmitter codes. When less than four transmitter codes are programmed, "dummy-codes" are used to fill the empty transmitter code locations. These "dummy-codes" match the "wake-up message" transmitted by the Saturn RKE system hand-held transmitter when any button is pressed. When the security system receives this message, it may interpret the message as a "panic alarm," and sound the siren and flash the lights of the vehicle in which it is installed.
CORRECTION:
To eliminate this condition, the affected security system must have four transmitter codes programmed into the controller. Each time a hand-held transmitter is programmed into the controller it takes up one of the memory locations. One hand-held transmitter can be used to fill all four memory locations, or multiple hand-held transmitters can be used to fill all four memory locations; as long as all four memory locations, in the security system controller are filled.
If the security system on the other vehicle is manufactured by Code-Alarm(R), and assistance is required, call the Code-Alarm(R) service number, 1-800-421-3209. If the security system on the other vehicle is a Mr. Goodwrench system, call 1-800-GM-TECH1 (1-800-468-3241) for assistance.