My remote keyfob started to have problems, no always unlocking my doors or having to press longer or needing several tries , and now has completely stopped working . It peferfectly locks the door(s) and opens the trunk. Pressing the "unlock" button does absolutely nothing. Although it did work one more time after not having used it for a couple of months, I had put the key in the door and pushed the unlock button just to see,tried it again to no avail.
Anybody an idea?
thank you

It sounds like you need a new battery put in your fob unit. I believe the procedure is detailed in the owners manual.

Not necessarily. Both of my Key FOBs ('04 Maxx) have recently been acting up, and one of them just got a new battery last month (it had died completely, with no warning and wouldn't lock OR unlock).

I'm beginning to think that the FOB receiver is going bad. Maybe a bunch of the receivers are starting to go bad, not just mine. I'll put up with it for one more week. If I take it to the dealer (I'm under Extended Warranty), I'll report back.

Try the FOB battery first, though.

6/25/08 Update: I took the Maxx in yesterday and after an hour or so, the dealer's Service Dept. determined that BOTH key FOBs needed to be replaced. Thanks to GMPP, I paid zilch.

The explanation is that on vehicles with Remote Start (like mine), the key FOB circuitry doesn't last much beyond 4 years. The Remote Start function apparently uses a lot more electrical energy, which shortens the FOBs life. Both FOBs had "open internal circuitry".

Truth be told, I've used the Remote Start like 6 times, EVER, and have never even had to replace a key FOB battery in any of my vehicles EVER, until this.

My hunch is that the key FOB supplier was a "low-ball bid" when GM sourced them.....

disregard

Hello all.
I'm hoping somebody will see this here and be able to help me out...
here's the deal, I own a 03 chevy malibu, and I dropped my remote recently in the parking lot (something we all do timei to time)...thing is, with my bad luck a small piece broke off of the circuit board so the remote wont work. I still have the piece, but im not sure if I can reconnect it. The number on the piece is 101 0146F04, it looks like its just a small piece of plastic, but it must do something. please lemme know if you have any suggestions. thanks!

Hello all.
I'm hoping somebody will see this here and be able to help me out...
here's the deal, I own a 03 chevy malibu, and I dropped my remote recently in the parking lot (something we all do timei to time)...thing is, with my bad luck a small piece broke off of the circuit board so the remote wont work. I still have the piece, but im not sure if I can reconnect it. The number on the piece is 101 0146F04, it looks like its just a small piece of plastic, but it must do something. please lemme know if you have any suggestions. thanks!

Go to Ebay and buy another one. The aggravation of fixing the broken one isn't worth the price of buying a used FOB. You may even have to reprogram your broken one after the fix.