Key fob not working

I just had the same symptoms as the original poster on this thread (45rake). He never gave us a final post to tell us how it ended, and I'll also say that I didn't have his additional symptom of the buttons on the inside of the doors failing to work. But my initial symptoms matched his.

Short version: the dealer reset the TPMS, the fobs stopped working, but re-pairing them with the van fixed them.

Long version: during my recent service (oil change, tire rotation, etc), they rotated the tires, but neglected to reset the tire pressures. Happily I didn't drive the van much before prepping for a road trip, and I was able to adjust them all appropriately in my driveway with my compressor. But I forgot to reset the TPMS. Of course, 15 miles into the trip, the TPMS alerted. I realized my mistake, we pulled over to verify all was actually well, and then had a fine weekend, ignoring the warning message and light.

Today I took the van to the dealer to a) complain about them not adjusting the tire pressures after a rotation, and b) to have them reset the TPMS. I could do it, but it's kind of a pain, as we all know.

[ I'll note that the dealer insisted that a TPMS reset shouldn't have been necessary after tire rotation ("It should reset itself"). I find that hard to believe. But that's fodder for a different thread. This thread is about TPMS and keyfobs. ]

They did the reset, quickly, using the little device you hold against the valve stems. When I got home, I realized none of the lock/unlock buttons on our keys or remote kepad worked at all.

I remember locking/unlocking the van in the parking lot at the dealer using the button on my key before they touched the van, so the failure was their fault.

I called the dealer, and while waiting for a callback I went through the pairing procedure for keys/keypads, and now all is well -- all remotes work as expected. When they did call back, they were surprised at the problem, and of course very happy that I'd solved it myself.

paul

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to reprogram my original keyfobs to lock/unlock the doors?

The dealer had to reprogram my one key I was using, but now all the other original keys (wife's, spare keys) wont lock/ unlock the doors. They still work to manually unlock the doors, and start the vehicle.

I've had it with the local dealer, and if this is something I can do myself I want to try it and never set foot in that dealership again.

They took my van in for the driveshaft recall, and when I got it back, the clock wasnt set to the correct time.
No biggie right? As soon as I got home, i tried to reset the time, it will let you go thru the motions, bit when you hit "OK" the new time wont take .

So I sent my vehicle in again, they fix the clock, but while I'm driving home the TPMS alerts come on warning of low tire pressure. I pull over to check, and all the pressures are fine.

So I send the vehicle back in for a third time, they fix the TPMS problem, on my way back to work, I make a stop, and notice my key fob wont lock or unlockk the doors.

So I drive back to the dealer, and tell them this is really getting old, please fix the key fob issue and dont break anything else!
The tech tries to tell me that the TPMS reset has nothing to do with the key fob issue (which reading this thread has proven that they are related because key and TPMS share the same receiver) and they want to charge me $15 for reprogramming the key. I told them I dont think I should pay for anything because the keys were working fine before they touched it, they write up the bill anyway, and i bitch to the manager before they waived the $15.

I really dont want to send it back to the dealer (who knows what else they are going to break, the techs obviously dont know their electrical stuff).

If I cant do this myself, I may have to go to a different dealer.