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Posted by Mike Bonte (Member # 1892) on :
 
My father, in a moment of brilliance, switched the radios between his 2002 Chevy Van (am/fm cassette) and my mother's 2003 Chevy Tracker (am/fm CD). So the Van now has the CD radio and the Tracker the Casette radio.

Now, the radio that is in the Tracker is in LOC mode and will not operate.

I tried the previously posted Theftlock bypass, but it does not seem to work. Holding the 2&3 (or 1&4 as I found as an alternate method does not produce the code from the radio.

These are the new style Chevy radios (double DIN) that they just recently started using.

Any help would be appreciated, would like to avoid a dealer trip (especially since the radios have been changed, I'm sure they will give us a hard time.

Thanks,
Mike

[ 10. January 2004, 09:46 AM: Message edited by: Mike Bonte ]
 

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Posted by blkragss02 (Member # 1801) on :
 
Try this


 

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Posted by Mike Bonte (Member # 1892) on :
 
Thank you, but that is the procedure I have already tried.

After some searching around I have found that General Motors has 2 different types of THEFTLOCK in the radios. The first type is user programmable... this is the type that the fbodies have, and is also the type that the procedure above works for.

The second type is a hard coded THEFTLOCK where the radio and the bcm talk to each other to ensure the right radio is installed in the right vehicle. If the radio is installed in the wrong vehicle, it becomes inoperable.

We just got off the phone with the dealer service department and he is unsure if there is any way to deactivate this theftlock once it has been triggered. I did read over on the j-body forum (they use the same bcm controlled theftlock) that the radio can be "reflashed" by a dealer.

If anyone has any more information on this it would be helpful.

Thanks,Mike
 

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Posted by Old Coyote (Member # 1343) on :
 
Mike ............... unfortunately had the same situation with Cindy's Firebird when the battery died ............ followed all the instructions ........... nothing worked ............ we had to take it back to the dealer and have everything set back to ground zero (go through a "re-flash")

Sorry, I'm afraid that's what you're going to have to do

[ 10. January 2004, 11:21 AM: Message edited by: Old Coyote ]
 

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Posted by Mike Bonte (Member # 1892) on :
 
Thanks John for your reply. It's looking like we are probably going to have to pay to replace both radios, as both radios had to be slightly modified to fit in their new vehicles and the dealer is giving us a fit about it.

I can't beleive how pathetic this is. You can't even switch radios between your own cars anymore. What is GM thinking with this? They are probably not thinking, that's the problem.
 

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Posted by ws6wu6 (Member # 2134) on :
 
What they were thinking is a lot of poeple and insurance companies were complaining about the number of radios being stolen out of cars. So GM tried to devise a way to try to make it less appealing for someone to steal a radio out of a car and sell it on the steet to someone else. Unfortunately this is the side affect people have to deal with if they want to try to swap it out.
 

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Posted by Mike Bonte (Member # 1892) on :
 

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Originally posted by ws6wu6:
What they were thinking is a lot of poeple and insurance companies were complaining about the number of radios being stolen out of cars. So GM tried to devise a way to try to make it less appealing for someone to steal a radio out of a car and sell it on the steet to someone else. Unfortunately this is the side affect people have to deal with if they want to try to swap it out.

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