Regarding your trunk button: those old keyfobs had conductive contacts on the back of the rubber button pad that frequently wore out and the button would stop responding. You can fix this by using a hole punch on tin foil and gluing that little circle on the contact for the trunk button. If that doesn't fix the issue, at least you've wasted minimal time and no money. The next step would be to buy a replacement fob online and pay a lock smith to program it.
electrical problems, several questions!
i have a 2005 malibu. i notice several electrical issue i am hoping to get some answers on. the door locks do not work with any of the buttons. the door locks do work when the car shifts into park/drive and when the keyfob is pressed but none of the 4 door lock buttons work. there is no way all 4 have failed. there has to be a relay or something that has failed. please only reply to this part if you can suggest something other then replacing all 4 buttons.
next up, the trunk pop from the keyfob does not work. it pops when i push the button on the driver door and key of course, but the button on the keyfob does nothing. any ideas? and since the door locks dont work, i cant reprogram the fob or program a new one.
on a related note, when i go to the factory radio and go through the menus to select the horn to honk on unlock/lock it does nothing. i can select it but it does not change the honk. any ideas?
next up, the trunk pop from the keyfob does not work. it pops when i push the button on the driver door and key of course, but the button on the keyfob does nothing. any ideas? and since the door locks dont work, i cant reprogram the fob or program a new one.
on a related note, when i go to the factory radio and go through the menus to select the horn to honk on unlock/lock it does nothing. i can select it but it does not change the honk. any ideas?
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I have 2 in my 2011 fobs that I bought over 10 years ago. Still going strong!
I have 2 in my 2011 fobs that I bought over 10 years ago. Still going strong!
As far as the door buttons not working isn't the drivers door lock button the master button? It gets lots of water on it from the open door in rainy weather also so that may be the manual door button issue.
I could be wrong, but I think that's just the window switch. My driver's door lock switch hasn't worked for a while, but the others do. I so rarely use it that I forget about it and haven't replaced it.As far as the door buttons not working isn't the drivers door lock button the master button? It gets lots of water on it from the open door in rainy weather also so that may be the manual door button issue.
For key fob issues, I have replaced both my cases/buttons and just kept the board inside. This fixed my similar problems. One fob would almost pop the trunk by itself though. Got tired of walking back to my car with the trunk open.
You have a very unique problem. You say that all 4 work with the key fob, when you shift and obviously with the key. But none of them work with the switches. Does not seem like a possible scenario. Seems like they should all just work under those conditions. Door locks are programmable through the radio. so you might check the different programming codes for the radio. It's possible that someone was messing with the radio without knowing that it could possibly effect the door locks.
I had same issue when I bout mine I replaced the diver lock switch and they all worked again, hope it's something simple or similar for you..
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