Technical Remote Locking

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Technical Remote Locking

I have news.... and its good news.

I bought a USB ODB cable, got my codes from FIAT and a licenced copy of FES and managed to reprogram my remote key to start working again.

Very pleased indeedy! Just a shame its been so long that I've been without remote locking, 2 long years. And I could have fixed it so easily.

Well you live and learn. Upshot is at least I was able to reset all the many errors stored, mainly things like bulb failures, nothing out of the ordinary. Plus points being awarded to being able to reset my service indicator when I do an oil change. Oh and being able to setup the indicators to flash on lock/unlock.
 
Ugly a generic USB odbII cable on eBay, I went for the blue translucent one, based on price and general experiences found through google. Those black ones with the orange/blue sticker have a bit of a flakey reputation.

Download the free version of Fiat ECU scan, once you happy you've got the software/cable talking with your car you'll have to ipgrade to the full version to do the keys. It's al detailed on the FES site.

Oh and not forgetting crossing your local fiat garages palm with silver to get your cars codes, unless you have them already.
 
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