Key Fob Suc[k] cess!
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Joined: 02-16-2017
Posts: 10
From: Topeka, KS
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.
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Joined: 09-23-2009
Posts: 486
From: Hurst Texas
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.
Thread Starter
New Member
Joined: 02-16-2017
Posts: 10
From: Topeka, KS
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.
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Joined: 12-17-2016
Posts: 555
From: Silverhill, AL
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.
