2 Spare XJ Remotes. $47.50 to program.

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Markos

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Seattle, WA

• Dec 13, 2005

• #1

It will cost me $47.50 to program two remotes for my XJ at the dealer. Does that sound right to you? I watched them program the spare when I bought my jeep it took them 2 minutes. Any other options?

The stupid thing is that you can get the remote for .50 on ebay...

 

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Markos

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Location

Seattle, WA

• Dec 13, 2005

• #2

Jeep Dealer #2 $25.00. Same city, different dealer. That sounds a bit more fair...

 

JEEPZZ

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In front of my PC

• Dec 13, 2005

• #3

My local Jeep dealers wanted to charge me for it also but I've heard that some do it as a courtesy service. After I did further checking, I found a Dodge dealership that did mine for free. (guess where I buy my Jeep/Mopar parts from now; hint - it doesn't say Jeep on the building)

 

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scorpio_vette

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Milwaukee Wisconsin

• Dec 13, 2005

• #4

don't know about jeep remotes, but my experience from working at shops is that some remotes require special computers to get the car to accept them.

some shops have set fees for using those computers, other just charge for time which usually isn't very long. and some don't have anything set for it. so the price could technically also change from one service writer to another.

 

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Littlewhitexj

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Cadillac MI

• Dec 13, 2005

• #5

depending on the year of your XJ you can program it yourself

 

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Markos

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Location

Seattle, WA

• Dec 13, 2005

• #6

I have a '99 with a three button remote (lock, unlock, panic). You need the computer that plugs in under the driver's side dash. You can program the two button remotes yoursef...

 

JEEPZZ

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In front of my PC

• Dec 13, 2005

• #7

Markos said:

You can program the two button remotes yoursef...

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All 97+ XJ remotes require computer programming regardless of the panic button.

 

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Markos

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Seattle, WA

• Dec 13, 2005

• #8

All 97+ XJ remotes require computer programming regardless of the panic button.

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Okay. I didn't know they had 97+ XJ's with two buttons. When did the 3 button remote come out?

 

JEEPZZ

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In front of my PC

• Dec 13, 2005

• #9

Markos said:

Okay. I didn't know they had 97+ XJ's with two buttons. When did the 3 button remote come out?

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From what I've seen they came both ways. My 97 XJ came with a 2 button remote but purchased a 3 button as a backup on ebay. The seller dealt in remotes and said that it would work. I took it over the the Dodge dealership and had it programmed and it works, even the panic feature. Go figure.