Can't get truck into programming mode

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Aug 15, 2018 | 08:01 PM

bucky4444

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Can't get truck into programming mode

Hi All,

I recently purchased a 1999 F150 with a 6 cyl. and manual transmission. It has power door locks, but did not come with any remotes. The previous owner said he never got them when he bought it in 2005, so I purchased two aftermarket remotes. Well, I'm failing at getting the truck into programming mode. I've tried all the methods listed here and elsewhere to no avail.

Note that manual transmission vehicles have the mechanical key locking mechanism above the ignition switch. I've tried to hold this forward as I'm cycling the key ON/OFF 8X within 10 seconds to allow a fairly smooth key cycling, but maybe I'm not succeeding. Has anyone ever tried to put a manual transmission vehicle into programming mode? Perhaps there is a trick to this?

Also, someone suggested perhaps it was never manufactured with remote capability. I thought all vehicles with power door locks came with remotes. Any thoughts to this?

Thanks, Bucky

Aug 16, 2018 | 09:37 AM

projectSHO89

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I thought all vehicles with power door locks came with remotes. Any thoughts to this?

Um, no. It would have had to have come from the factory with the "Remote convenience" package which included the keyless entry.

Check for the presence of the RAP module and the extra relay block.

Aug 17, 2018 | 07:43 AM