Door won't unlock with key
Joined: 02-23-2023
Posts: 1
From: Pa
U can not have another key or bottons in your car when it's locked.
first off, my remote key fob does not lock/unlock my doors....hasn't worked in qutie some time. now i have been using the old fashion way of putting the key in the hole and turning. today i went to unlock my car after work and the key would not turn to unlock the door. it felt like something was stuck or lodged or something. i called a locksmith and he tried using a device though the door crack to grab ahold of the lock and pull it up. he got ahold of it but it would not pull up. again something was stuck or something. he was able to do this method on the passenger side door and i got in the car and for s&g i clicked the unlock button.......drivers door lock opened up with no problem.
i haven't fooled with it any since i didn't get home from work till about 3:30am because of this. i will roll the windows down tomorrow and fiddle with it and see what i can find out.
i haven't fooled with it any since i didn't get home from work till about 3:30am because of this. i will roll the windows down tomorrow and fiddle with it and see what i can find out.
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Joined: 05-01-2014
Posts: 8,512
From: California
Hi Only1, 
to the forums!!
You need to get the door panel off and see what's really wrong, because your thoughts are just not correct. It's just a matter of time before you're locked out again. How do you think the car knows that you have moved your spare key a few feet away from where it was? The key has a transponder chip that the car's computer recognizes and allows the engine to start. That's it, the key doesn't communicate in any other way.
to the forums!!You need to get the door panel off and see what's really wrong, because your thoughts are just not correct. It's just a matter of time before you're locked out again. How do you think the car knows that you have moved your spare key a few feet away from where it was? The key has a transponder chip that the car's computer recognizes and allows the engine to start. That's it, the key doesn't communicate in any other way.
Joined: 11-08-2023
Posts: 2
From: CT
Just wanted to thank youse guys - sittin' here waitin' for AAA. I vaguely remembered this as an HHR issue - hope they can get one of the other doors open.
What I remeber was a family almost dying when their HHR's battery suddenly died in the desert and NONE of the doors could be unlocked. a could passerbys finally stopped and broke a window - a couple of the kids were passed out by them :'-(
What I remeber was a family almost dying when their HHR's battery suddenly died in the desert and NONE of the doors could be unlocked. a could passerbys finally stopped and broke a window - a couple of the kids were passed out by them :'-(
Joined: 11-08-2023
Posts: 2
From: CT
Here's one account of it: