Key Fob Suc[k] cess!
02-17-2017, 04:35 PM
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Join Date: 02-16-2017
Location: Topeka, KS
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Key Fob Suc[k] cess!
First time poster, first time HHR owner here...Glad to be apart of the forum!
Just bought a 2009 HHR LT from a Subaru dealer. They gave me new batteries in both key fobs and they still wouldn't work well. I can confirm the solder points for the battery holder is usually the problem. At the dealer, the buttons only worked 1/10 times, and even then we had to be standing in the perfect spot. I re-soldered both key fobs that night and voila!! Both fobs work like brand new from hundreds of feet away. Be careful soldering these though, I almost burnt the chip boards several times. All said, an easy fix that saved a ton of dough.
Just bought a 2009 HHR LT from a Subaru dealer. They gave me new batteries in both key fobs and they still wouldn't work well. I can confirm the solder points for the battery holder is usually the problem. At the dealer, the buttons only worked 1/10 times, and even then we had to be standing in the perfect spot. I re-soldered both key fobs that night and voila!! Both fobs work like brand new from hundreds of feet away. Be careful soldering these though, I almost burnt the chip boards several times. All said, an easy fix that saved a ton of dough.
02-17-2017, 05:57 PM
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Join Date: 09-23-2009
Location: Hurst Texas
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Welcome to the forum! Here is something most people do not know about key fobs. If you put the key fob up against you head and push the button.............wait for it...........
then the working range to your car from the FOB is about doubled.
I did not believe it either till I tried it, it works on all three cars. Comes in handy when the battery in the FOB is weak.
Don't know exactly why, but it works.
then the working range to your car from the FOB is about doubled.
I did not believe it either till I tried it, it works on all three cars. Comes in handy when the battery in the FOB is weak.
Don't know exactly why, but it works.
02-17-2017, 09:38 PM
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Join Date: 02-16-2017
Location: Topeka, KS
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Welcome to the forum! Here is something most people do not know about key fobs. If you put the key fob up against you head and push the button.............wait for it...........
then the working range to your car from the FOB is about doubled.
I did not believe it either till I tried it, it works on all three cars. Comes in handy when the battery in the FOB is weak.
Don't know exactly why, but it works.
then the working range to your car from the FOB is about doubled.
I did not believe it either till I tried it, it works on all three cars. Comes in handy when the battery in the FOB is weak.
Don't know exactly why, but it works.
02-18-2017, 07:36 AM
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Join Date: 12-17-2016
Location: Silverhill, AL
Posts: 555
Welcome to the forum! Here is something most people do not know about key fobs. If you put the key fob up against you head and push the button.............wait for it...........
then the working range to your car from the FOB is about doubled.
I did not believe it either till I tried it, it works on all three cars. Comes in handy when the battery in the FOB is weak.
Don't know exactly why, but it works.
then the working range to your car from the FOB is about doubled.
I did not believe it either till I tried it, it works on all three cars. Comes in handy when the battery in the FOB is weak.
Don't know exactly why, but it works.
