Ridiculous Remote Programming

[allwheeldad]

Hey all, has anybody else wanted to get their hands on the person who designed the remote keyless programming sequence? I have been trying for weeks to program a remote for my 99 legacy gt limited and have followed about ten different variations of instructions I found on other threads. Do I have to spin around in circles three times and do a handstand before getting into the car? I know it is an alpine remote and in all the time I have owned it there was never any indication that there was an alarm on it, so I don't even know where to start. Any advice?

[idosubaru]

Do I have to spin around in circles three times and do a handstand before getting into the car?

and scratch your arm pit with your left pinky while doing the hand stand - that should do it.

 

actually i'm guessing the guy is already dead. they seem to change it quite often, probably because they keep getting bumped off! LOL

 

yeah they're completely asinine. just keep trying with slight variations. i guess you've seen cars101.com. read that and some threads here, it's always taken a few tries and me thinking into it way too much because of how convoluted it is...so does that mean *this* or *that*....?

[c_W_j]

Hey all, has anybody else wanted to get their hands on the person who designed the remote keyless programming sequence? I have been trying for weeks to program a remote for my 99 legacy gt limited and have followed about ten different variations of instructions I found on other threads. Do I have to spin around in circles three times and do a handstand before getting into the car? I know it is an alpine remote and in all the time I have owned it there was never any indication that there was an alarm on it, so I don't even know where to start. Any advice?

 

 

it was killing me too, then, a few days ago, I got it to work. unsure what the difference was, so here's the whole sequence that led to the two honks:

 

1) unlocked/opened rear hatch

2) closed rear hatch

3) unlocked/opened PASSENGER side door

4) PUT KEY IN IGNITION while SITTING IN PASS SEAT

5) closed PASS door

6) opened/closed DRIVER door

7) began on/off key cycle -> (beepbeep!)

 

I think the difference was either having a door open when the key went in or that it was noticeably easier to do the key cycle smoothly from the passenger seat. It's easier to push in for the steering lock when going back to "OFF".

 

Mine's a '99 GT fwiw.

 

 

peace,

cWj

[edrach]

it was killing me too, then, a few days ago, I got it to work. unsure what the difference was, so here's the whole sequence that led to the two honks:

 

1) unlocked/opened rear hatch

2) closed rear hatch

3) unlocked/opened PASSENGER side door

4) PUT KEY IN IGNITION while SITTING IN PASS SEAT

5) closed PASS door

6) opened/closed DRIVER door

7) began on/off key cycle -> (beepbeep!)

 

I think the difference was either having a door open when the key went in or that it was noticeably easier to do the key cycle smoothly from the passenger seat. It's easier to push in for the steering lock when going back to "OFF".

 

Mine's a '99 GT fwiw.

 

 

peace,

cWj

Good job. I don't have a model that uses such a key (oops, maybe my '99 forester); but you should submit this to the USRM forum so the information doesn't get lost.