REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY (RKE) RANGE IS SHORTER THAN EXPECTED. Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 1997

REVISION: 11/04/97

THIS BULLETIN IS BEING REVISED TO UPDATE INFORMATION AND PARTS. PLEASE DISCARD CORPORATE BULLETIN NUMBER 73-90-09 (SECTION 9 - ACCESSORIES). ______________________________________________________________________

SUBJECT: REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY (RKE) INADEQUATE RANGE OR INOPERATIVE (INSTALL NEW RECEIVER)

MODELS: 1997 BUICK CENTURY, REGAL 1997 CHEVROLET VENTURE 1997 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE 1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, TRANS SPORT

CONDITION:

SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT ON THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY (RKE) SYSTEM HAVING INADEQUATE RANGE OR THE SYSTEM IS INTERMITTENT/INOPERATIVE IN HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES.

CAUSE:

THE RANGE OF OPERATION OF THE RKE SYSTEM CAN BE AFFECTED BY SEVERAL FACTORS, INCLUDING THE POSITION FROM WHICH IT IS USED. TYPICALLY, THE RANGE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN FROM THE SIDES. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A LESS THAN EXPECTED OPERATION FROM CERTAIN DIRECTIONS. ALSO, SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE HIGH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CAUSING AN INTERMITTENT/ INOPERATIVE INTERNAL BREAKDOWN OF THE RECEIVER.

CORRECTION:

INSTALL A NEW REMOTE DOOR/REAR COMPARTMENT RECEIVER WITH FOIL ANTENNA ATTACHED, FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE IN SECTION 9K OF THE SERVICE MANUAL. THE NEW ANTENNA MUST BE ATTACHED AS SPECIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING REPAIRS FOR THE APPLICABLE VEHICLE.

W CAR:

REPLACE THE RKE RECEIVER FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE IN SECTION 9K OF THE SERVICE MANUAL. WHEN INSTALLING THE NEW RECEIVER, REMOVE THE RELEASE TAPE FROM THE FOIL ANTENNA, EXTEND TOWARD DRIVER'S SIDE AND ATTACH TO UNDERSIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OR CARRIER. DO NOT TWIST OR ATTACH TO ANY METAL OBJECTS.

U VAN:

REPLACE THE RKE RECEIVER FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE IN SECTION 9K OF THE SERVICE MANUAL. WHEN INSTALLING THE NEW RECEIVER, PLACE THE UPPER INSTRUMENT PANEL UPSIDE DOWN ON A PROTECTED SURFACE. USING A UTILITY KNIFE OR OTHER SUITABLE TOOL, CAREFULLY MAKE TWO (2) CUTS APPROXIMATELY 62 MM (2 1/2 IN.) LONG IN THE SOUND DEADENER TO MAKE A LOOP 125 MM (1 IN.) WIDE (FIGURE 1). THIS LOOP SHOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 150 MM (6 IN.) FROM THE RKE RECEIVER. EXTEND FOIL ANTENNA THROUGH THE LOOP (FIGURE 1) AND TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE UPPER INSTRUMENT PANEL. DO NOT TWIST OR ATTACH TO ANY METAL OBJECTS.

PARTS INFORMATION:

P/N DESCRIPTION --- -----------

10412651 RECEIVER, REMOTE DOOR/REAR COMPARTMENT LOCK

PARTS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GMSPO.

WARRANTY INFORMATION:

FOR VEHICLES REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY, USE:

LABOR OPERATION LABOR OPERATION NUMBER DESCRIPTION TIME --------------- ------------ ---------------

R4480 RECEIVER, REMOTE DOOR/REAR USE PUBLISHED LABOR COMPARTMENT LOCK - REPLACE OPERATION TIME

FIGURES: 01 ATTACHMENTS: 00

FIGURE 1 1. RECEIVER, REMOTE DOOR/REAR COMPARTMENT LOCK (RKE) 2. INSTRUMENT PANEL SOUND DEADENER 3. UPPER INSTRUMENT PANEL 4. LOOP, 25 MM (1 IN.) WIDE AND 62 MM (2 1/2 IN.) LONG 5. RKE ANTENNA 6. 150 MM (6 IN.) DISTANCE FROM LOOP TO RKE

Object Number: 336466 Size: FS

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