Our Community is 940,000 Strong. Join Us.


2001 Aztek Transmitter Programming


Shortbus
02-20-2003, 08:09 AM
Transmitter Programming
Transmitter Programming (Manual Method)

Important
All transmitters which are to be recognized by the remote control door lock receiver (RCDLR) must be programmed in a single programming sequence. If the system is placed in program mode it will erase all previously programmed transmitters upon the receipt of the programming signal from the first transmitter. Up to four transmitters can be programmed. Do not operate or program the transmitters in the vicinity of other vehicles that are in the keyless entry program mode. This prevents the programming of the transmitters to the incorrect vehicle. The order in which the transmitters are programmed is important. The first transmitter programmed will be transmitter #1, and the second transmitter programmed will be transmitter #2. The number on the transmitters are for reference only: #2 can be programmed as #1 or vice versa. Additional unnumbered transmitters are also available. Use care to program the transmitters correctly.


Perform the following steps:

Close the vehicle doors.
Turn OFF the ignition.
Remove the ignition key from the ignition lock cylinder.
Press and hold the driver side door lock switch to the unlock position.
Insert the ignition key into the ignition lock cylinder and remove the key. (Do not turn the ignition key in the lock cylinder.)
Insert the ignition key into the ignition lock cylinder and remove the key. (Do not turn the ignition key in the lock cylinder.)
Insert the ignition key into the ignition lock cylinder. (Do not turn the ignition key in the lock cylinder.) Leave the ignition key in the ignition lock cylinder.
Release the door lock switch. The body control module (BCM) will sound three beeps in order to verify the Program Mode has been activated.
Press the lock and unlock buttons on the keyless entry transmitter simultaneously for approximately 5 seconds. The BCM will sound two beeps in order to verify that the transmitter has been successfully programmed.
Perform the previous step to program up to four transmitters.
Remove the ignition key in order to exit the Program Mode.
Verify the proper operation of each transmitter.

Scott 02
02-23-2003, 06:40 AM
Thanks John. Next time I hear another person crying about transmitter programing I'll link them back to here. ;)

bndrulez
11-16-2003, 04:25 AM
I just bought an Aztek, and they gave me a set of unprogrammed remotes, and wanted $45 to program them, thank you. I wish I could get paid $45 for that. Once again, thank you! David.

Flatrater
11-16-2003, 05:33 PM
I wish I could get paid $45 for that.

Me too!! And I am the tech that programs them!! I get 7 dollars to do the job!!

Now I have a question for you!! How much do you spend a year to do your job?

I have 50K worth of tools. I have a weekly tool bill to pay so I can fix your car, fix it right and fix it fast! All the tools I have I paid for them. My tool box alone costs 7k. I buy roughly 15 hundred dollars a year replacing broken tools buying new tools just so I can go to work and do my job to hear people complaining about the cost of fixing their cars. Who do I complain to?


Have you once gone to the doctor and complained he charges you, or even asked what the charge is before he looks at you. Have you ever complained because he ran tests on you to find nothing wrong? When the repair guy comes to your house do you ask his rates and say it is too much?

I take my kids to the doctor to get a check up the bill is 110 dollars for 15 minutes of work. Thats 440 dollars an hour and you complain about 46 dollars! Aren't you pennywise and dollar foolish?

Now when you signed for the car you should of got the remotes programmed for free! Did you buy the car at the same place that wanted to charge you to program the remotes? If you didn't than they owe you nothing! You are paying for a service not the times spent doing it.

We techs have bills just like you and we have to pay them doing work for free does not pay the bills. What do you do for a living? Would it be right for me to come to your job asking for something for nothing or complaining about what it costs??

I'm going to get off my box now but remember we all have the same problems to deal with.

1lochness
03-28-2004, 07:20 PM
tried this method with my 2002 aztek. did not work. am i missing something or is the 02 different for some reason?
please help!

Mighty Quinn IV
04-01-2004, 07:22 AM
Me too!! And I am the tech that programs them!! I get 7 dollars to do the job!!

Now I have a question for you!! How much do you spend a year to do your job?

I have 50K worth of tools. I have a weekly tool bill to pay so I can fix your car, fix it right and fix it fast! All the tools I have I paid for them. My tool box alone costs 7k. I buy roughly 15 hundred dollars a year replacing broken tools buying new tools just so I can go to work and do my job to hear people complaining about the cost of fixing their cars. Who do I complain to?


Have you once gone to the doctor and complained he charges you, or even asked what the charge is before he looks at you. Have you ever complained because he ran tests on you to find nothing wrong? When the repair guy comes to your house do you ask his rates and say it is too much?

I take my kids to the doctor to get a check up the bill is 110 dollars for 15 minutes of work. Thats 440 dollars an hour and you complain about 46 dollars! Aren't you pennywise and dollar foolish?

Now when you signed for the car you should of got the remotes programmed for free! Did you buy the car at the same place that wanted to charge you to program the remotes? If you didn't than they owe you nothing! You are paying for a service not the times spent doing it.

We techs have bills just like you and we have to pay them doing work for free does not pay the bills. What do you do for a living? Would it be right for me to come to your job asking for something for nothing or complaining about what it costs??

I'm going to get off my box now but remember we all have the same problems to deal with.

Flatrater I think you need to chill out a little. I understand everything you're saying as my brother was a GM flat rate mechanic for many years. I don't beleive the post was directed at you personally but at the dealerships that have a tendency to rip off the buying public by selling a vehicle then charging extra for something that should of been done when the vehicle was sold.

If you take a browse through the Aztek sites, and probably others, you'll notice a common theme. People are getting fed up with a dealerships inability or unwillingness to fix what the manufacturers build. It's a shame auto manufacturers won't let the people most competent to diagnose problems do just that. You have some write up guy diagnosing problems and telling the mechanic what to fix. I know from experience that this causes owners to return time and time again and who gets all the blame the mechanic. It isn't justified.

As a whole flat rate mechanics are awesome, and definitely underpaid and under appreciated. The auto manufacturers need to wake up and let the person most qualified diagnose problems and under warranty pay them a fair wage to fix the problem. I salute yoou and all certified mechanics, you are a special breed of individuals.

Jack
01 Red Tek
Mighty Quinn IV
Senior Moderator Aztek fan Club

Mighty Quinn IV
04-01-2004, 07:24 AM
Flatrater sorry I can't do anything about that Republican thing.

jack

Flatrater
04-01-2004, 08:50 PM
Flatrater sorry I can't do anything about that Republican thing.

jack

No problem there!!

M biggest gripe is that I didn't build the car, didn't engineer the car or I didn't break the car. But I have to be able to fix the car using the rules GM has laid out for me to follow. Yes I would love to fix everything they way the owner wanted it fixed but the owner is not the one paying the bill, GM pays the bill and they set the policy on how I do my job. Also when we fix a car, you leave your car is fixed, now we have to wait to see if GM pays us, sometimes they don't.

Most people have no idea what we have to go thru, its hard to understand unless you see it, yet day in and day out I hear the tech ripped me off, I hear all the complaining but my hands are tied on what I can and can't do. I have to be more of a lwayer than a mechanic now. I have to worry about being sued, about being debited back the repair and yes I get to pay back what I made on the job if GM says so.

It riles me up to hear its the tech's fault and sometimes I get upset after hearing it. I just wish for once people would realize its GM's fault and not the dealer's or mine! I am not saying all dealers are innocent but I try to do my best for the customer and if I do it right I can make a paycheck but I have been known to lose money fixing cars just so you get a proper repair.

I am sorry if I sound hostile sometimes but if you could see what goes on it may clear up the picture for you.

For the people that don't know how flatrate works let me explain alittle about it. GM sets every possible repair up with a labor time, I have to be able to fix it in less time in order to make money. We get comissions on over production, and yelled at for under production.

Most of my jobs deal with electrical and emissions lights (Check engine problems) GM under warranty pays me 18 minutes to dupilcate, and diagnosis a problem which includes roadtesting the car, scanning the car, researching the problem in the manuals and performing all tests required to find the problem. This 18 minutes includes finding the car and the clock starts when I am handed the keys. After I find the problem and correct it the rest of my 18 minutes of pay goes towards making sure the problem is fixed. Gm invented this method of finding problems and this method according to GM takes at least 30 minutes, so you see I am already in the hole to start.

Then on my own free time I come here to help people fix and understand there cars only to here the same thing again. Will I stop helping no but I need to get on the soap box every now and then. So again I am sorry if I sound harsh sometimes but you have to understand ewhat I go thru everyday.

Shortbus
04-01-2004, 09:06 PM
Ok I agree with Flatrater having worked at a GM dealership for the last 8 years. I want to change the target of the subject for just a second to vent a bit. Ok here is my story... I bought a brand new beautiful 2100 sqft house 1 year and three months ago for 147,000.00 I sold it and the sale price was 165,000.00 that is 18,000 more than I paid, I am not even counting the 1200.00 a month I sunk into it for that time period of 15 months. Anyway 1 month ago I put it up for sale 3 days later a contract was signed it closed today. You know how much of that I got? $4687.70 I'm not going to get into details but thats a fucking rip off to me.. we are talking serious money there paid just to have and inspection, title fees, closing fee's. fee's for this, fees for that, and realter commission. Ok maybe my situation was unique because I needed to get out of the house quick due to some personal shit but cry me a fucking river over 45 goddamn dollars.

Moral of the story, pay the price, get on with it, and get over it.

John

Flatrater
04-01-2004, 09:09 PM
I have to add some more, I'm on the box.

This is how my day went today. I got a buick in with an Onstar problem, I tested the car the system worked but I was told by the service manager to spend an hour on it and see if I can find a problem. After an hour I found nothing. For my hour's worth of work I got paid 18 minutes. Next car I got was a Lesabre for poor fuel economy. Road test scanned the car, the customer was used his dash average fuel economy to judge mpg. I questioned the owner and found out he is not resetting his ave economy system right. For this job I got zero pay. All because the writer didn't ask the right questions and the owner didn't know how to work his car. That is 2 cars out of 8 for me today and 2 cars I lost money trying to fix all because of errors made by the owner or the writer. Don't think for one minute this is rare I get this everyday. I started the day in the hole, yet at the end of the day I have to have more than 8 hours made. I left today making 11 hours in 8 hours of time.

The most important thing I want you to remember is that the more information you give me the better and faster I can fix a car. And at least open up your owner's manual and read it your answer might be in there which will save you the time of coming to a dealer and wasting your time. I would love to sit with everyone and explain the problems with their cars, what needs to be done to keep the cars going, I want to take care of the people but I also have to make a paycheck. And coming to a dealer with a non-problem takes away from me. Education is The most important thing I ask from you. Please do the most you can to know your car and learn. I don't have a problem with being asked questions and I will do my best to answer them all.

Mighty Quinn IV
04-02-2004, 07:32 AM
I have to add some more, I'm on the box.

This is how my day went today. I got a buick in with an Onstar problem, I tested the car the system worked but I was told by the service manager to spend an hour on it and see if I can find a problem. After an hour I found nothing. For my hour's worth of work I got paid 18 minutes. Next car I got was a Lesabre for poor fuel economy. Road test scanned the car, the customer was used his dash average fuel economy to judge mpg. I questioned the owner and found out he is not resetting his ave economy system right. For this job I got zero pay. All because the writer didn't ask the right questions and the owner didn't know how to work his car. That is 2 cars out of 8 for me today and 2 cars I lost money trying to fix all because of errors made by the owner or the writer. Don't think for one minute this is rare I get this everyday. I started the day in the hole, yet at the end of the day I have to have more than 8 hours made. I left today making 11 hours in 8 hours of time.

The most important thing I want you to remember is that the more information you give me the better and faster I can fix a car. And at least open up your owner's manual and read it your answer might be in there which will save you the time of coming to a dealer and wasting your time. I would love to sit with everyone and explain the problems with their cars, what needs to be done to keep the cars going, I want to take care of the people but I also have to make a paycheck. And coming to a dealer with a non-problem takes away from me. Education is The most important thing I ask from you. Please do the most you can to know your car and learn. I don't have a problem with being asked questions and I will do my best to answer them all.

Flatrater:
I totally agree with you and don't for a minute think you're being hostile. The only thing I don't agree with is the problem is not GM's fault alone but also rest squarely on the shoulders of some not all of the dealerships involved. If you would read some of the horror stories at Aztek Fan Club you'd see there are dealershiops out there unwilling to perform warranty work on a vehicle. Yes GM needs to change the way they do things but the dealerships need to change also.

Flatrater
04-06-2004, 07:19 PM
Flatrater:
I totally agree with you and don't for a minute think you're being hostile. The only thing I don't agree with is the problem is not GM's fault alone but also rest squarely on the shoulders of some not all of the dealerships involved. If you would read some of the horror stories at Aztek Fan Club you'd see there are dealershiops out there unwilling to perform warranty work on a vehicle. Yes GM needs to change the way they do things but the dealerships need to change also.


I understand what you are saying, I know there are dealers out there that have no business staying open. if you want bring your warranty work to my shop I will do it no problem. I don't understand how a dealer can turn away money! There are some reason why a dealer would turn away a customer but as long as the customer is decent and treats me with respect it will be fixed right. I just have to learn not to take it to heart when someone slams the dealers, I can't control them all. If you need I have lots of freinds in every state that work for dealers and they would be glad to work on your car or whatever.

huston3
12-14-2006, 08:29 PM
I think mechanics are da BOMB! Flatraters have sold themselves into indentured servitude, and Massa (GM) and the Boss Man (the dealership) take advantage of both them and the customer who is complaining.

I've had my Aztek for 5 years now, and gone to a dealership for all servicing (paid for the extra warranty, and it's paid for itself). I've had problems that haven't gotten solved (takes multiple clicks for the rear hatch to fully release; it's a pain I've learned to live with), and my most recent gripe is, the trasmitter has worn out on my keyring, so the hole has worn though. The transmitter still works, but won't attack to a keyring. I call the dealership and am told it's a single piece that cannot be repaired, nor the case replaced; I have to buy a new transmitter ($72) and will have to pay to have it programmed ($52).

$124 after tax dollars (at my income level, let's just say $200) because a piece of plastic wore out! That's a half day's work for me--and the transmitter works. Do I feel justified in bitching? Of course. But not to the repairman.

I appreciate the info on how to program it myself--there's not much on a car I can do nowadays. I remember changing a bulb on a headlight when I first started driving; all I needed was a 20 cent bulb and a phillips head screwdriver and a couple of minutes. Recently a girlfriend went to change her headlight on her Camry, and I didn't have a clue (luckily she did). No more bulbs

I wish the flatraters would open a shop, FlatRate Central, and we could pay them what they're worth in order to allow them the funding to take the time to educate us. Now THAT's a win/win situation (but the dealers and the manufacturers wouldn't see it that way). What's more likely is we'll follow the medical path, where we pay an extra $150/month to cover whatever will go wrong with the car, and costs will skyrocket, since we won't be paying for the actual repair.

Add your comment to this topic!