Hey guys,
I apologize if this is redundant, but I cannot find the answer on here and I need someone who may have a different idea. In the last couple of years, I've bought two of the PPV vehicles. The second I bought cheaply, but I've put a lot of time and some money into it to make it my every day driver. I'll list these things in case it may help answer your questions. It was a 211,500 mile sheriff Tahoe in AR. I paid $2,200 for it and it now has:
Factory warrantied GM 6.0 w/ 4,000 miles on it that came from a Hybrid that was replaced under warranty
Brand new GM 6L80 factory reman tranny
New / junkyard interior, seats and console
new carpet
new bumpers - front and rear
68,000 mile rear end from a Yukon with 3:42 and an G-80 locker
All interior stripped except for dash, cleaned every piece of metal, all the plastic, removed headliner, cleaned it and the underside of roof, cleaned up all the non factory wires and rolled them up into bundles and hid them, removed carpet and underlayment and cleaned all of it, cleaned and vacuumed all the door sill valleys and removed any aftermarket wires loose or stuff non factory.
Installed new stereo and 4 new speakers.
New door panels
KYB shocks and struts
New Weathertech floor liners
New switches (from junkyard)
DIC from eBay
New Dash cover
New Rack & Pinion
New Rotors and Pads
New GM Power Steering Pump
New GM 20" factory black 5 spokes and new Cooper Discoverer tires
Removed A pillars, B pillars and D pillars, also the rear wheel well covers and seat belt covers. Cleaned everything there.
New GM wiper motor
New GM factory headlights and used GM taillights
New GM door weatherstrip and new GM leather steering wheel.
Now, my problem. You can tell that this has taken a while from the list, but during the entire task everything came together and worked / works nearly perfectly with one exception. I CANNOT figure out how to make my remote looks work. Because of that, I also CANNOT program get my TPMS monitors (4 new GM monitors) to acknowledge the truck. I've done everything I can think of from the beginning. When I first started driving her (Plata is her name, she's silver in color and if you don't speak Spanish, plata is Spanish for silver.) I tried programming her with the dash reset buttons, no go. I bought a DIC and plugged it in, no go. I took it to a programmer twice and the truck showed that it was receiving signal from the remote fob, the computer would lock and unlock the doors, but the FOB still would not. Recently, I bought the Dorman unit off of eBay and programmed new FOBs and the install went exactly as the instructions implied, they beeping after each FOB, but when I finished the key FOB still will not activate the door locks and you therefore cannot program the TPMS monitors.
I took it to a GM mechanic at a dealership, he came outside and I gave him $50 bucks. He went through everything and said it should work from a program standpoint, but the FOB still will not. He speculated that I needed a new remote door lock module that mounts on the D pillar. I pulled the plastic replaced it with a new GM module and nothing.
I'm at the end of my rope. The truck with the 6.0L and suspension is an absolute beast and I love it, but these last two items, (actually, there's one more - reverse lights won't work either) Key Fobs and TPMS monitors are disheartening.
If you have any ideas or experience, I'd really appreciate the help. You guys are great and knowledgeable. I'm slightly embarrassed to admit that I've been a diehard Ford guy all my life until I found out recently how easy GM vehicles are to work on and the availability or the V-8s it too much to pass up. These Tahoes are awesome and fun to drive.
Thank you in advance for any help! Sorry for the length of the post.
tgwhit12
I apologize if this is redundant, but I cannot find the answer on here and I need someone who may have a different idea. In the last couple of years, I've bought two of the PPV vehicles. The second I bought cheaply, but I've put a lot of time and some money into it to make it my every day driver. I'll list these things in case it may help answer your questions. It was a 211,500 mile sheriff Tahoe in AR. I paid $2,200 for it and it now has:
Factory warrantied GM 6.0 w/ 4,000 miles on it that came from a Hybrid that was replaced under warranty
Brand new GM 6L80 factory reman tranny
New / junkyard interior, seats and console
new carpet
new bumpers - front and rear
68,000 mile rear end from a Yukon with 3:42 and an G-80 locker
All interior stripped except for dash, cleaned every piece of metal, all the plastic, removed headliner, cleaned it and the underside of roof, cleaned up all the non factory wires and rolled them up into bundles and hid them, removed carpet and underlayment and cleaned all of it, cleaned and vacuumed all the door sill valleys and removed any aftermarket wires loose or stuff non factory.
Installed new stereo and 4 new speakers.
New door panels
KYB shocks and struts
New Weathertech floor liners
New switches (from junkyard)
DIC from eBay
New Dash cover
New Rack & Pinion
New Rotors and Pads
New GM Power Steering Pump
New GM 20" factory black 5 spokes and new Cooper Discoverer tires
Removed A pillars, B pillars and D pillars, also the rear wheel well covers and seat belt covers. Cleaned everything there.
New GM wiper motor
New GM factory headlights and used GM taillights
New GM door weatherstrip and new GM leather steering wheel.
Now, my problem. You can tell that this has taken a while from the list, but during the entire task everything came together and worked / works nearly perfectly with one exception. I CANNOT figure out how to make my remote looks work. Because of that, I also CANNOT program get my TPMS monitors (4 new GM monitors) to acknowledge the truck. I've done everything I can think of from the beginning. When I first started driving her (Plata is her name, she's silver in color and if you don't speak Spanish, plata is Spanish for silver.) I tried programming her with the dash reset buttons, no go. I bought a DIC and plugged it in, no go. I took it to a programmer twice and the truck showed that it was receiving signal from the remote fob, the computer would lock and unlock the doors, but the FOB still would not. Recently, I bought the Dorman unit off of eBay and programmed new FOBs and the install went exactly as the instructions implied, they beeping after each FOB, but when I finished the key FOB still will not activate the door locks and you therefore cannot program the TPMS monitors.
I took it to a GM mechanic at a dealership, he came outside and I gave him $50 bucks. He went through everything and said it should work from a program standpoint, but the FOB still will not. He speculated that I needed a new remote door lock module that mounts on the D pillar. I pulled the plastic replaced it with a new GM module and nothing.
I'm at the end of my rope. The truck with the 6.0L and suspension is an absolute beast and I love it, but these last two items, (actually, there's one more - reverse lights won't work either) Key Fobs and TPMS monitors are disheartening.
If you have any ideas or experience, I'd really appreciate the help. You guys are great and knowledgeable. I'm slightly embarrassed to admit that I've been a diehard Ford guy all my life until I found out recently how easy GM vehicles are to work on and the availability or the V-8s it too much to pass up. These Tahoes are awesome and fun to drive.
Thank you in advance for any help! Sorry for the length of the post.
tgwhit12
