Chevrolet Key Programming Procedure
Procedure for Programming Chevrolet Keys
The engine immobilizer is an anti-theft system that employs a keyfob with a digital code stored on it. When the keyfob comes into contact with the vehicle’s electronic management system or is inserted into the ignition switch, it transmits this “password” to it. If the user has the correct keyfob, the engine will start up.
The engine immobilizer is a safe method of discouraging thieves from stealing your car through hotwiring or traditional methods such as hammering the ignition with a screwdriver to force it to start. It’s like an extra layer of security on top of your car’s alarm.
St. George Evans and Edward Birkenbuel invented and patented the electric immobiliser/alarm system in 1919. When the ignition switch was turned on, current from the battery (or magneto) went to the spark plugs, allowing the engine to start or immobilizing the vehicle and sounding the horn. Each time the car was driven, the system settings could be changed. Modern immobiliser systems are automatic, which means the owner does not have to remember to turn it on.
Since January 1, 1998, all new cars sold in Germany have been required to have immobilizers, as have all new cars sold in the United Kingdom since October 1, 1998, in Finland since 1998, in Australia since 2001, and in Canada since 2007. Early models used a static code in the ignition key (or key fob) that was recognized by an RFID loop around the lock barrel and checked for a match against the vehicle’s engine control unit (ECU). If the code is not recognized, the ECU will prevent fuel from flowing and ignition from taking place. Later models employ rolling codes or advanced cryptography to prevent code copying from the key or ECU.
Every CHEVROLET car comes with a simple process for programming the car’s immobilizer keys. The CHEVROLET car models are shown below:
- Chevrolet HHR
- Chevrolet Cobalt
- Chevrolet Malibu
- Chevrolet Suburban
- Chevrolet Tahoe
- Chevrolet Silverado
- Chevrolet Express
- Chevrolet Captiva Sport
- Chevrolet Traverse
- Chevrolet Impala
Key Programming: Chevrolet Colorado 2015-2016
Key Programming: Chevrolet Silverado 2014-2016
Key Programming: Chevrolet Uplander 2006-2011
Key Programming: Chevrolet HHR 2006-2011
Key Programming: Chevrolet Cobalt 2005-2012
Key Programming: Chevrolet Malibu 2005-2012
Key Programming: Chevrolet Suburban 2007-2014
Key Programming: Chevrolet Tahoe 2007-2014
Key Programming: Chevrolet Silverado 2007-2013
Key Programming: Chevrolet Express 2008-2014
Key Programming: Chevrolet Captiva Sport 2011-2013
Key Programming: Chevrolet Traverse 2009-2015
Key Programming: Chevrolet Impala 2006-2013
About CHEVROLET
Chevrolet, also known as Chevy, and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). On November 3, 1911, Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant, the ousted founder of General Motors, founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General Motors in a reverse merger on May 2, 1918, and re-assumed the GM presidency. Following Durant’s second defeat in 1919, Alfred Sloan chose the Chevrolet brand to become the volume leader in the General Motors family, selling mainstream vehicles to compete with Henry Ford’s Model T in 1919 and overtaking Ford as the best-selling car in the United States by 1929 with the Chevrolet International.
Chevrolet-branded vehicles are sold in the majority of automotive markets around the world. Chevrolet is represented in Oceania by Holden Special Vehicles, which returned to the region in 2018 after a 50-year absence with the introduction of the Camaro and Silverado pickup trucks (HSV was partially and formerly owned by GM subsidiary Holden, which GM retired in 2021). Chevrolet was relaunched in Europe in 2005, primarily selling vehicles manufactured by GM Daewoo of South Korea under the tagline “Daewoo has grown up enough to become Chevrolet,” as part of General Motors’ attempt to build a global brand around Chevrolet. Chevrolet was reintroduced to Europe with the intention of making it a mainstream value brand, while GM’s traditional European standard-bearers, Opel of Germany and Vauxhall of the United Kingdom, would be moved upmarket. However, GM reversed this decision in late 2013, announcing that the brand would be phased out of Europe beginning in 2016, with the exception of the Camaro and Corvette. Chevrolet vehicles were to be sold in the CIS countries, including Russia. After General Motors fully acquired GM Daewoo in 2011 to form GM Korea, the Daewoo automotive brand was phased out in its native South Korea and was replaced by Chevrolet.
Chevrolet manufactures and sells a wide range of vehicles in North America, from subcompact cars to medium-duty commercial trucks. Because of Chevrolet’s prominence and name recognition as one of General Motors’ global marques, ‘Chevrolet,’ ‘Chevy,’ or ‘Chev’ is sometimes used as a synonym for General Motors or its products, one example being the GM LS1 engine, which is commonly known by the name or a variant thereof of its progenitor, the Chevrolet small-block engine.
