Keyless entry

[Matt-man]

I just bought a 1997 tahoe lt and my keyless entry only works when your like right next to it and i was wondering if they were supp to work from a furthur distance thank say 10 feet....my friend has a 2003 eclipse and her keyless entry works from alot furthur away

 

[BigBlackBurban]

Check the battery on the fob, sounds like it's going dead. The keyless should activate from a little further with a fresh battery.

 

[Matt-man]

I bought a new battery for it and it still does it...would it help if i tried to reprogram it?

 

[east302]

My 98 Z71 is the same way. If you've gotten a new battery you're probably good. They just don't work that well and the ten feet you mentioned is kind of right sometimes.

You can try to reprogram it (try a search here, there was a discussion on it a few days ago) but I doubt it will change.

For what it's worth, our 2003 Tahoe works a lot better in that department.

 

[Mike97]

Yeah, the range on these things sucks. Mine will not work if I am more than 10 or 15 feet away. I have a co-worker with a 2000 K2500 Classic pickup, and his is just as bad as my Tahoe. The 2002 Mazda Protege5 I used to own would work from at least 50 feet away. I could go into my house, walk to the back room and lock or unlock the doors from there. That thing had incredible range.

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

i get around 15-20 feet on a good day. i wouldn't want one that worked from far away. wouldn't want it to get accidentally tripped in my pocket while at work and someone steal everything in the 'hoe.

 

[mygreen98]

same here, 15-20 feet max.

 

[skimo]

Is it from the dealership the keyless entry?

 

[bsamoul]

I had this problem. I put in a Viper remote, now works from a quarter mile, and i can start it. haha

 

[radimus]

Same deal here. About 10 ft is all the farther I can get from my Yukon. Quite the contrast compared to my Ford Windstar and Focus, both of which have a factory keyless system that works about half a city block away.