Key fob issues
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Joined: 04-01-2012
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From: florida
Well, both key fobs for my '08 HHR Panel finally crapped out and wouldn't unlock the doors. Seems that all the buttons were getting unreliable except the panic alarm button which is the one I used the least. I contacted the dealer and learned that a new one would cost me $155.oo plus $55.oo to program it!! Talk about robbery without a gun.
So here's what I did. I opened up the fob and cleaned all the contacts with alcohol but that didn't work. Wondering how a rubber button completed an electrical circuit, I figured it must have been impregnated with a metallic coating that may have worn off hence the one I used least was still good. Built to wear out, eh? So I cut a tiny pieces of aluminum foil and glued them over the the problematic little buttons and bang, they all work like a charm. "Whooped 'em again didn't we Josey." FTF I say!
So here's what I did. I opened up the fob and cleaned all the contacts with alcohol but that didn't work. Wondering how a rubber button completed an electrical circuit, I figured it must have been impregnated with a metallic coating that may have worn off hence the one I used least was still good. Built to wear out, eh? So I cut a tiny pieces of aluminum foil and glued them over the the problematic little buttons and bang, they all work like a charm. "Whooped 'em again didn't we Josey." FTF I say!
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Joined: 12-06-2010
Posts: 134
From: shamokin, pa
Well, both key fobs for my '08 HHR Panel finally crapped out and wouldn't unlock the doors. Seems that all the buttons were getting unreliable except the panic alarm button which is the one I used the least. I contacted the dealer and learned that a new one would cost me $155.oo plus $55.oo to program it!! Talk about robbery without a gun.
So here's what I did. I opened up the fob and cleaned all the contacts with alcohol but that didn't work. Wondering how a rubber button completed an electrical circuit, I figured it must have been impregnated with a metallic coating that may have worn off hence the one I used least was still good. Built to wear out, eh? So I cut a tiny pieces of aluminum foil and glued them over the the problematic little buttons and bang, they all work like a charm. "Whooped 'em again didn't we Josey." FTF I say!
So here's what I did. I opened up the fob and cleaned all the contacts with alcohol but that didn't work. Wondering how a rubber button completed an electrical circuit, I figured it must have been impregnated with a metallic coating that may have worn off hence the one I used least was still good. Built to wear out, eh? So I cut a tiny pieces of aluminum foil and glued them over the the problematic little buttons and bang, they all work like a charm. "Whooped 'em again didn't we Josey." FTF I say!
still going strong after a year.
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