OK I'm in a sticky situation. I broke my only keyless entry remote last night after my alarm was armed. I open the door i expected the alarm to go off until it recognized the key in the ignition... drove around for a minute with the alarm going off... me and my friends laughing of course cause people will think its a stolen car or something... alarm stops... 1 minute later WHILE driving still it goes off again. I'm like wtf so it goes off a minute later and stays off... i pull up to a friends house to drop him and his girlfriend off... they open the door while the car is on... the alarm goes off... i drive away alarm shuts off after a minute... i get home around 4 a.m. shut the car off... alarm GOES OFF!!!. i recently was laid off, I'm out of warranty so i cant just go to the dealer and say hey i need a new keyfob heres 70 bucks for it... i have zero money... can i disable the alarm? why wont my car recognize my key? or should i disable the horn and deal with it until i can obtain a new keyfob... thanks guys and gals... it was funny at first... now its embarrassing.

 

...lucky they want me to pay 120 bucks for my key fob. but sorry no clue what to do in your case

 

how did u brake ur key fob?

 

Just an idea, try disconnecting the battery!

 

did the battery thing didnt work at all... the keyfob was CRUNCHED in between a bar stool peg and the floor... i usually clip my keys onto my belt loop... and i guess i missed the belt loop. 5 minutes go by i check my keys (paranoid) and they werent there i looked down and seen pieces...

 

Turn it off through the DIC.

 

is that the place u can reset the oil life, etc...? if so which option would it be?

 

Yeah that is where it is, I don't remember exactly which option it was, but I turned mine on when it was broken into a couple of years ago. I think it says passive...

 

Where's your other key fob?...Im pretty sure we all received 2.

 

i had same **** happen to me w/ a diff car tho....had to rip damn alarm out lol but it was aftermarket

 

i bought with one fob, used car. last time i went through that it never said anything about the alarm system

 

turn the key on, hold both buttons down for 3 seconds then cycle through until it says security. you can set it to passive or RKE. Not sure what RKE stands for but I know that mine didn't go off when the doors were opened and set to RKE.

 

lol ok ill give it a shot right now...

ok that didnt work, it just said oil life reset, units: english, auto lock: i turned off, lock horn: i turned off, unlock horn: i turned off, basically every option i turned off but nothing that said security or alarm etc... and alarm did go off while i was doing everything

 

that is weird. mine is an 05 and has that option. The wifes 06 hhr has it also.

 

06ss/sc here late 06 if that makes a difference g85 too

anybody else?

 

rke - remote keyless entry

it should be set to go off only if the door is unlocked without using the key fob after locking with the fob. think the fact that its staying on indicates there are other issues.

 

did you try putting the key in the door lock and turning it both ways? I know in my rx7 that it would disarm the alarm.

 

yes sir did that also. i will call up the stealership monday and see what they have to stay other than... bring it on in. lol im just going to be very polite and ask for the guy i deal with and say hey can u get me on the phone with a tech? thanks dood

 

read user manual first. I read and and there is something that will fix you prob in it.. FIND IT!! i know its there good luck!

 

what user manual lol... ill have to find the pdf file online ill use the good ol search button. never fails 90% of the time

nothing in the user manual came of use... i did everything in there already. tomorrow im going to unplug my battery and disable the horn... anyone know the battery size? 10mm or 11? i 4got... i dont mind the lights flashing lol its just the horn is SO LOUD in a quiet neighborhood

bumpage any more ideas?

 

I don't think 07+ has that feature to turn it to passive. I've never seen it.

The alarm is through the BCM... I'm not sure if the dealer can turn it off though via the Tech II.

If you at least want the horn to stop beeping for the alarm, you could remove the driver side headlight and disconnect the plug for the horn if there isn't a fuse for the horn itself in the fuse boxes.

For the RKE, you should be able to get a new remote on ebay for much cheaper and have it programmed.

Oh, btw, do you still have the broken RKE? If so, was it just the battery clip that busted when you sat on it? The battery clip is known for issues and all it takes to fix it is a soldering iron.

Buying used can do that. I had a friend buy a 4 Door LS. He called me asking why his alarm kept going off. I thought it was odd that he had an alarm for a LS (He told me it didn't have power windows or a remote when he bought it...) that didn't have power options, and when I went over to look at it, I realized it had power locks.

So I asked him where he bought the Cobalt and he mentioned some hole in the wall used car dealer.

Usually the dealership does make sure that cars come with the fobs, but the hole in the wall or even private sellers don't.

 

the battery clip broke as well as the chip module inside cracked in half...

 

Oh... yeah... a cracked PCB is alot harder to fix

 

Unplug the battery, should kill the alarm. Then just don't lock it using the inside door panels just use your key to turn the locks without arming the alarm.

 

the alarm still went off even after the battery being disconnected for 20 minutes... i think the alarm is possessed