CIM problems Vectra C

[bestb]

Before the new CIM is fitted, first note the following:

Security Code
V.I.N.
Mechanical key number
Variant encoding
High Speed CAN configuration
Mid Speed CAN configuration
Low Speed CAN Configuration
Run a full DTC scan and save the results
Make sure that the V.I.N. in the other control devices consistent with the car
Reset the old CIM

Install the new CIM

Configure the CAN-High, Low and Middle configurations
Program V.I.N. and mechanical key number in the new CIM
Program im*obiliser function, (choose CIM installed)
Program the available transponder keys to the new CIM
Reset the following devices:
IPC
REC
BCM
PDM
DDM
Switch the ignition off and wait at least 15 seconds
Program the security code in the following steering devices:
IPC
REC
BCM
PDM
DDM
Configure the variant coding of the new CIM
The final step is to calibrate the steering angle sensor

Hi

I just fit my seconhand cim I done all procedures but i can start the engine padlock appears on display....I cant add new keys,
where I find mechanical key number? I just set the same as security code.. is that right?
any ideas?


help!

[Bellend1]

I'd be keen to find this out too as I have the same problem.

[opel_nl]

Mechanical number is something like Z1234 or S1234 an is located on carpass or dealer

Security code is just a code of 4 numbers, also located on carpass.

[alexgrfc]

what menu on opcom lets you reset the cim i have just fitted a second hand cim and cant find where to reset it so i can put my car pass code in ,im also waiting on a tech2 cleared ecu coming off ebay will i be able to recode this with opcom or is it a dealer job thanks interesting thread

[zorgman]

just being playing with opcom to get know it totally cleared everything reset etc and then coded it all back up and car fired up first time so its dead easy to use i think cim coding was in body bit its there and dead esy to use just use a bit common sense when doing it and do it methodical, ive just taught myself on a 2006 car so i could try to fix a 2004 cdti sri i got, thats got u2105 bus error. cim units at vx are ?120 odd plus vat ive just bought one off ebay brand new for ?56 delivered theres one more at ?60 on there.
hope this helps somehow just to have the confidance to give it a go

[size13]

I'm having a problem with a 2003 Signum showing the steering warning, tc warning and the indicators don't cancel.

If I got a secondhand cim, do you need to get the setting off first so it can be reprogrammed? Can the car be driven after replacing to get it done at the dealers?

TIA

Richard

[zorgman]

by what ive learnt on here is that the cim has to be matched to car however the 93c66 chip can be changed over if you were near sunderland i could do it for you as i taught my self last night how to do it,

[Patrian]

I'm having a problem with a 2003 Signum showing the steering warning, tc warning and the indicators don't cancel.

If I got a secondhand cim, do you need to get the setting off first so it can be reprogrammed? Can the car be driven after replacing to get it done at the dealers?

TIA

Richard

YES!!!!! You can use "Second Hand" CIM, but 1st you need to "Reset" BOTH of them.....
Then you can Programming your "NEW" Second Hand CIM with your Car.....

Cheers!!!!!


PS
ATTENTION with the "Contact" about CIM Ground.....

[alexgrfc]

ive just fitted a ecu off of ebay tech2 cleared plus a secondhand cim with key but no codes with it ,do i start by adding my carpass code to the new ecu before doing the diagram above?

[kirkelliott]

Hi all i have been trying to progg 2 knew flip keys into my gis but no matter what security code i enter it tells me it is correct even touhg it isn't. The ecu got chnged on the car before i gt it but i have been told by a vaxhall techi that the problem is with the cim module, is this the case or do i need to get a knew ecu? any for of help on this matter would be greatly appreciated, Kirk.

[tramman]

Before the new CIM is fitted, first note the following:

Security Code
V.I.N.
Mechanical key number
Variant encoding
High Speed CAN configuration
Mid Speed CAN configuration
Low Speed CAN Configuration
Run a full DTC scan and save the results
Make sure that the V.I.N. in the other control devices consistent with the car
Reset the old CIM

Install the new CIM

Configure the CAN-High, Low and Middle configurations
Program V.I.N. and mechanical key number in the new CIM
Program Immobiliser function, (choose CIM installed)
Program the available transponder keys to the new CIM
Reset the following devices:
IPC
REC
BCM
PDM
DDM
Switch the ignition off and wait at least 15 seconds
Program the security code in the following steering devices:
IPC
REC
BCM
PDM
DDM
Configure the variant coding of the new CIM
The final step is to calibrate the steering angle sensor

In addition to the above I was also required to reset and program the engine ECU (until I did this the car would display the padlock symbol as soon as the ignition was switched on).

Once reset and programmed I chose the option CIM and Engine ECU in the immobiliser function screen on Tech 2 and hey ho there was life in the beasty once again.

[boss151]

It is posible to reset used CIM in another car?
Best rgs. from Poland.

[tramman]

As long as you have the security code.

[tanveer9011]

we have a problem on vectra 52 plate, car would not start, initially cruise control would cut out and then a few spanner icons in the dash, this winter in Lancashire 2010 and the car would not start, RAC man thought it was starter motor, on a 2nd visit for trailing purposes it was found that an auto electrician was need, tried allan price in Blackburn, they found the fault to be on a CIM module behind the steering airbag, which cannot be repaired nor replaced second hand, a new module was needed at the cost of just under ?300 and nearly a ?150 for diagnostic and fitting, and the car costed ?1550, is this worth to repalce you may ask, i think NOT, tecnician asked me to research perhaps a place that would perhaps repair CIM modules, but no joy so far.. for now the technician cleaned the contacts on the cim module and replaced it back into the console of the steering, the car now starts intermittently and have been advised to tap the steering wheel or move the wipers up and down , and that should do the trick temporarily... thats ALL !!!!

[Demetrius]

Newbie question.
What's carpass?