flatlander745 wrote:
Hey guys this is off topic but I will give it a shot. My inlaws have a 2010 Malibu that has keyless entry with remote start and both fobs are intermittently working. Would that be a module problem (like ours in the trunk)? Not sure how much diff with being different make, year and remote start. Thanks!
#1. Yours aren't as old as I would expect, but it could be the contact on the rubber insert that shorts the grid on the circuit board to make that circuit send a signal to the car. I have had to replace mine in various cars. It's cheap enough to try replacing them if the battery switch doesn't do anything.
#2. Also, you might check the battery solder joints where the "wings" that hold the battery are soldered into the circuit board. I had one where that solder joint was loose, so the FOB was losing power depending on how the solder felt like making contact that day. I think you can find some pictures of the bad solder joint in the FOBs if you search on the internet.
It's an easy switch when you have the case open to replace the rubber contact layer. I even held my remote and used a paper clip end to touch the contact grids on the circuit board to verify mine would work great with a metal contact. Then I ordered the replacements.
The contact area loses it's conductivity sort of like TV remotes do for me. It seems the "5" button goes first with age on my remotes and even telephones.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-REMOTE-KEY- ... 60&vxp=mtrGood luck.