The title says it all. I replaced the battery in the remote you get with the car. Im sure you have to reprogram it but how? thank you!

 

i wanna say you have to do it through Tech2. not to postive. I know alot of the cars can be done that way. or hold lock/unlock both at same time. theres and order to do it but ant remember. its been a while.

 

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I think you need a Tech2. I just took it into my dealership and they reprogrammed it free. (and I'm out of warranty)

 

when you replace the battery you shouldn't have to relearn the fobs. pull the fob apart again and make sure you didn't damage the connectors that hold the battery in. they are extremely easy to break and if they do then the fob won't work. if you are still under warranty the dealer should cover this for you

 

Is it put in the correct way? The side with the battery designation should be visible.

 

What is FOB? Yes its in the right way

 

Just had mine replaced under warranty.
The sloder jont for the battery connection in it was cracked .
The Dealer seemed to know exactly what it was and showed me so it must be a common thing.

So get it replaced under warranty.

They also need the other one(spare fob) at the time of reprogramming the new one.

 

Thats what happened. Both of my fobs started not working after a year or so, and both of them had one of the solder joints where the large clip around the battery attaches to the board. Cheap ghetto fix: put a piece of thin cardboard between the battery and the back half of the remote case, it will keep the connector in contact with the board. I'd say re-solder it, but you would run a pretty high risk of damaging something else on the board and the remotes aren't that expenive to make that much effort worthwhile.

If you do have to get one re-programmed, it is a quick procedure, don't let them charge you more than a half-hour of labor to do it.

 

all this just to replace the damn battery in your remote to unlock the car? and still wtf is a fob?

 

Ya you have to do it with a tech 2, you go into boday then go threw your year and everythign then go to remote control door lock reciever, then it will ask you to add to next open slot, press OK, then hold lock and unluck, If you dont have a tech 2 take it to a dealership lol

 

check ur passenger side fuse box. mine didnt work for a while and i check the fuse box and it was a blown fuse for the remote stuff. ill check which fuse it is for ya. ill brb

 

umm more likely a faulty fob. and fob is just another term for the vehicle's remote

 

yea I run into that problem with GM's a lot, they do a shitty jobs sautering the battery connections to the board and when u replace the battery then tend to pull apart, at my dealership I work at we warrenty them, so take it in and see

 

same with the dealership i'm at. hell even after the amount i've done they still come apart when i replace the battery's. we keep a large amount of them in stock

 

I think my warranty is out, its an 06 with over 35k on it. So can I still bring it to the dealer and will they charge me?

 

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I'm having this problem as well. Replaced the battery due to it not working, now still won't work. What's a "fob" and why is it this much trouble just to make the remote work again? I don't get it. :/



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had the same problem got it replaced under warrenty

 

Fob is just the remote.

 

Ahh. Ok thanks. I think I'm just gonna head over to the dealer. Piece of crap "fob"