FOB id number

[deepseamdv]

Took my newly acquired passive fob to the stealer for programing yesterday. Supposed to take 30 minutes. Four and a half hours with 1 hour on the phone to mama Kaw they got it to work. I guess $50. is cheep for 4 1/2 hours labor .

[maxtog]

Took my newly acquired passive fob to the stealer for programing yesterday. Supposed to take 30 minutes. Four and a half hours with 1 hour on the phone to mama Kaw they got it to work. I guess $50. is cheep for 4 1/2 hours labor .

Many dealers have never done or even seen the procedure performed before.  It is not that difficult, but not intuitive either.  The Concours is the only "keyless" Kawasaki, ever.  It is an expensive bike with correspondingly low sales, and high reliability, so dealer repair departments don't encounter it much.  Not trying to make excuses for what happened to you, but just letting you know that we have heard the story before and the reason.

[clogan]

If the identifying number that accompanies a new fob is accidentally lost or destroyed before the bike is programmed to that fob, does that render to new fob totally worthless? Is there any way the new fob, sans its ID number, can be returned for credit, or otherwise be of any value whatsoever?

Or is it money down the drain?

[mikeyw64]

If the identifying number that accompanies a new fob is accidentally lost or destroyed before the bike is programmed to that fob, does that render to new fob totally worthless? Is there any way the new fob, sans its ID number, can be returned for credit, or otherwise be of any value whatsoever?

Or is it money down the drain?

I'm going to suggest it's most likely to be money down the drain.

Why would anyone take the ID number off before having it programmed onto the bike?

Actually as the programming as to take place at a dealers and that the fobs can only be ordered from Kawasaki  why would you have it in your posssesion before programming?

I would just let the dealer order it  andsimply book in to have the work done.

If they lose the ID thats their problem not yours

[B.D.F.]

Without that number, the fob is <almost> useless. The RF portion of the fob IS useless but the RFID part can still be used I believe. Still, that is a small and not very expensive part of a full RF fob (the kind that use a battery).

As far as returning it, it is just as useless to a dealer and it is doubtful that one would take a fob back w/out that number on the package.

Brian

If the identifying number that accompanies a new fob is accidentally lost or destroyed before the bike is programmed to that fob, does that render to new fob totally worthless? Is there any way the new fob, sans its ID number, can be returned for credit, or otherwise be of any value whatsoever?

Or is it money down the drain?