No FOB detected. Replaced car battery, checked FOB battery, cleaned FOB circuit board, clean door switch circuit boards. I have a 2012 C6 GS Corvette, with 41,000 miles.. What scanner would you recommend for this vehicle?
Depends on what you want to pay. Generally the more you spend, the more likely a scanner will work for what you want. No scanner performs all tasks on all cars. (No scanner will do this)What scanner would you recommend for this vehicle?
Scotty has recommended several scanners here: good basic scanners, several are under a $100.
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In your case I would take the car to a locksmith. They have high end scanners and do this kind of work daily. If you want to purchase one checking the corvette forums (C4) should reveal what other owners use.
@hixster
Thanks for this information.
Unless someone here has experience using a specific scanner with a C6 Corvette it's hard to say. Most likely a high-end full-systems scan tool would do the trick but you're talking about quite a few thousands of dollars. You would probably get a better recommendation in a Corvette-focused forum.
Another possibility would be a Chinese-made Tech2 clone. (The Tech2 is the factory scan tool for most GM cars prior to 2013.) Not sure of current pricing, they generally have run about $400.
With a Tech2 and TIS2000 software providing security access you would be able to do anything on a compatible vehicle that the dealer could do in terms of diagnostics and programming. Downsides are the Tech2 would only be of use for GM cars from about 1992 to 2012, it is clumsy early 1990s technology that requires a fair amount of knowledge to operate, and some functions like fob programming require TIS2000 software for "security access". (Although the Chinese Tech2 clones come with a version of TIS2000 it is known not to work. Working versions can be found online.) Also, 2012 would be a transition year from GM Tech2 to their newer MDI diagnostic tool and you'd want to verify what would work with your car.
http://blog.vxdiagshop.com/2021/02/14/vxdiag-tech2-or-mdi-for-c6-corvette/
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c6-corvette-general-discussion/4605558-tech-2-mdi-vcxnano.html
For future reference please put your car question in the body of your post, not the title line which is meant for a short description. Thank you. (Title edited.)
I think many consumer-grade scan tools don't have key programming functions. I would go with a locksmith or if you want to DIY, Scotty has done a review of Tom's Key company. you take a picture of the key if you need a physical key and they send you your key cut out for you. you can buy a fob from them and put a deposit in and they will also send you a programming tool; the deposit is returned upon returning the tool.
Uh I don't need a key. I have one in each Fob. I can get into the car via a trunk latch and or the key slot and once in the car, even a dead Fob can be inserted into the dash Fob slot and the car started.
Maybe I should rephrase the question now that I have thought about it some. How can I tell if it is the RCDLR acting up or maybe the Fob itself, what kind of scanner would provide this kind of info?
Thanks,
Sorry for the confusion.