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Remote programming / Tech II question Posted by Ari [Email] ![]() ![]() |
My newly acquired '97 CSE (sick of it yet, folks?) came with only one remote fob. From the records, the previous owner had a tendancy to lose remotes - a few bills for new remotes/programming.
I picked up a used remote from a friend, and went down to the local Saab store to get it programmed. Problem - according to the Tech II, there are 4 remotes programmed in (three lost!) In order to put in my 'new' remote, they need to erase one. But we don't know which of the four is the one that works. They say that if they erase the one that works, we're screwed - the car won't start, and no remotes will work. A 25% chance of ending up with a pretty lump of metal. Not good odds. And they know of no way to know which of the four corresponds to my working remote.
Questions - anyone know of a way to know which of the four programmed remotes is the working one? Is it true that if they erase the working remote, that there is no way back? (That sounds fishy).
So I sit with one working remote and a useless spare. Thoughts?
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