Jeep Dodge Sentry Key Immobility Programming?
(1) The first step of course is to acquire a blank transponder
key. These can be purchased from your Jeep dealer or bought online.
Online prices are usually around $20.00. You can then take the
blank key along with one of your original keys to any key maker or
locksmith and have it cut to match, just like with any other key.
(2) Insert one of the two valid Sentry Keys into the ignition
switch and turn the ignition switch to the On position. (3) After
the ignition switch has been in the On position for longer than
three seconds, but no more than fifteen seconds, cycle the ignition
switch back to the Off position. Replace the first valid Sentry Key
in the ignition switch lock cylinder with the second valid Sentry
Key and turn the ignition switch back to the On position. The
second valid Sentry Key must be inserted in the lock cylinder
within fifteen seconds of removing the first valid key. (4) About
ten seconds after the completion of Step 3, the SKIS indicator in
the instrument cluster will start to flash and a single audible
chime tone will sound to indicate that the system has entered the
Customer Learn programming mode. (5) Within sixty seconds of
entering the Customer Learn programming mode, turn the ignition
switch to the Off position, replace the valid Sentry Key with a
blank Sentry Key transponder, and turn the ignition switch back to
the On position. (6) About ten seconds after the completion of Step
5, a single audible chime tone will sound and the SKIS indicator
will stop flashing, stay on solid for three seconds, then turn off
to indicate that the blank Sentry Key has been successfully
programmed. The SKIS will immediately exit the Customer Learn
programming mode and the vehicle may now be started using the newly
programmed valid Sentry Key. Each of these steps must be repeated
and completed in their entirety for each additional Sentry Key that
is to be programmed. If the above steps are not completed in the
given sequence, or within the allotted time, the SKIS will exit the
Customer Learn programming mode and the programming will be
unsuccessful. The SKIS will also automatically exit the Customer
Learn programming mode if it sees a non-blank Sentry Key
transponder when it should see a blank, if it has already
programmed eight (8) valid Sentry Keys, or if the ignition switch
is turned to the Off position for more than about fifty seconds.
NOTE: If an attempt is made to start the vehicle while in the
Customer Learn mode (SKIS indicator flashing), the SKIS will
respond as though the vehicle were being started with an invalid
key. In other words, the engine will stall after about two seconds
of operation. NOTE: Once a Sentry Key has been programmed as a
valid key to a vehicle, it cannot be programmed as a valid key for
use on any other vehicle.
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