Distance from the car should not come from dirty contacts. If it is transmitting the button codes it is a signal strength prob either send or receive.

I was asking what year because 2006 and 2007 the RCDLR is located in the driver side rear quarter, other years under the headliner next to the mirror. Anybody been messing with things in that area?

 

Okay, sprayed the board with contact cleaner, then changed the rubber push button pad. It increased from just outside the driver's side of the car to the front bumper. I am thinking, like Donbrew, that I need a new key fob due to transmitter or receiver failure. Please be transmitter from the FOB. I bought two. Will attempt to program tomorrow or Sunday. I have read on here and other sites that it should work up to 150 feet. One guy said his worked over 200 feet. He just might be a pro angler. I will keep y'all posted. Thanks.

Curtis

 

How do you propose to program the new fobs? Do you have a programmer module?

 

Chevy HHR Key Fob Program - 7 Easy Steps Must Know

 

I don’t think that method in that link is valid, I have always had to use TECH II scanner at my GM dealership. For both my 2007 LS and my 2011 2LT.

 

The internet wants to kill you. Note the picture of the fob, and the vid link uses a computer.
ANY instructions that do not include using some sort of computer interface is just B.S..

 

Not always, as long as you have 1 working fob/key other times yes you need a programmer or some sort of interface to access the workings.... just depends on the vehicle

 

You are conflating "fob/key." Pairing a fob is completely different than pairing a key.

In the case of Chevy HHR, there is no procedure for pairing a fob without a programming device of some sort. The key is another matter. With a working chip key, you can pair another. Procedure in manual.

Sadly, posting nonsense on the Internet for ad revenue is a business model. Pretty sure the link you posted is ai claptrap

 

The key is something like RFID and the fob is something like BlueTooth.
I read that if you stand on one leg while lapping your arms like a chicken the fob would get matched. But that turned out to be B.S..

 

That should have worked, maybe there weren't enough people watching.