Key Fob Help

[WhiteNBlackRam]

In need of some help. So I have a key fob that one day started acting up. Wouldn’t turn on the vehicle, took about 10 tries. Dealer said it would cost $400 to reprogram. I never used it again. Three days ago I saw it and thought I would try it out. The first day everything was fine. The next day it was really difficult to unlock/lock the vehicle. I had to press really hard and took about 3 tries. Yesterday went to turn on vehicle and tried turning on and nothing happened was saying “wrong key fob”. Still able to unlock/lock doors and turn on radio. Luckily I was a couple minutes from home so I grabbed my “spare key” sure enough turned on right away. My question is, is this as simple as getting it reprogrammed obviously not to the dealer that quoted me $400. Or will I need to get a new key fob. I have a 14 1500 btw.

 

[kad]

Really simple question, but have you replaced the battery in the fob?

-K

 

[alpinegreenneon]

If the fob has internal problems, you can get a fob on Amazon or eBay and program it yourself with alfaOBD. See the thread:
https://www.ramforum.com/threads/alfaobd.123982/
Even if you buy the android alfaOBD app, the bluetooth OBDLinkMX, and the fob, it still will not cost you $400 and you have a neat tool to make changes and diagnose problems.

 

[Puba08]

One of my fobs stopped working. First I Cleaned the fob out (multiple vids on you tube) and changed the battery. Still didn’t work.
Then did this and it worked:



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[WhiteNBlackRam]

Really simple question, but have you replaced the battery in the fob?

-K

Lol. Forgot to mention. Replaced it three times already.

 

[WhiteNBlackRam]

One of my fobs stopped working. First I Cleaned the fob out (multiple vids on you tube) and changed the battery. Still didn’t work.
Then did this and it worked:



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Thank you I will try that. Cleaned out all internals. Lock/ unlock works perfect now. Turns on rarely but at least the truck recognizes the key again. Didn’t have a problem again after doing that?

 

[Puba08]

Thank you I will try that. Cleaned out all internals. Lock/ unlock works perfect now. Turns on rarely but at least the truck recognizes the key again. Didn’t have a problem again after doing that?

Nope. Works great now.


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