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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 10:54 AM
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Key FOB's quit :)

About a month ago my first key Fob quit. I thought that it was the battery...so I checked it...It was OK. I replaced it anyway...still FUBAR'd.

Yesterday the second one went. Same thing..battery OK...doesn't work.

I tried re-programming them both...no response.

I reprogrammed a known good Fob from another car and it worked right away That was good news......

So I guess they are both dead

Phoned the dealer...new ones are close to $200 CDN.......crap

Going to have to look on E-bay or something

Anyone else have both of there Fob's quit??
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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 11:36 AM
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they go bad all the time, not too much else to say about it
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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 12:22 PM
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Still Sucks
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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 01:09 PM
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Ebay is your friend. Should be able to find two new(ish) ones for cheaper then dealer and you can sell your broken ones for a few bucks to people looking for cleaners cases or buttons.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 01:47 AM
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How does one reprogram the new keys.. sorry if this is a silly question but my car only came with one key and I am worried.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by kamhus
How does one reprogram the new keys.. sorry if this is a silly question but my car only came with one key and I am worried.
You'll have to go to the dealer to get more keys if you only have one. However just remember to program one key or program 4 it should be the same price for Programming, Blades are per so in short...

Uncut Blade - $X per each
FOB - $X per each
Key Program = $X for all
FOB Program = they'd probably just do it, if not that is the easier of the two.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 06:34 PM
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Don't go pay the stealership, search for my thread and there are instructions for reprogramming the FOB, it takes like 30 seconds tops.
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