Programming FOB
04-12-2018, 08:41 PM
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Programming FOB
Just a heads up here. Read a bunch of threads about this and perhaps I've got some new info that might be useful.
I just got a 2011 HHR and also 2 new FOBs from Amazon for $15.00 and delivered in 2 days for a couple of bucks.
Was planning on finding a locksmith to program it, or someone with a Snap On scanner. I mentioned it to a guy I know and he said he just last year bought a pricey SnapOn scanner, a Solus Edge, but didn't know if it would do that. So yesterday he gave it to me to try and sure enough it programmed the 2 new FOBS and the old original. You have to do all at once.
So, besides dealers and locksmiths, anyone with a SnapOn scanner, mechanics, body shops etc can do this.
I just got a 2011 HHR and also 2 new FOBs from Amazon for $15.00 and delivered in 2 days for a couple of bucks.
Was planning on finding a locksmith to program it, or someone with a Snap On scanner. I mentioned it to a guy I know and he said he just last year bought a pricey SnapOn scanner, a Solus Edge, but didn't know if it would do that. So yesterday he gave it to me to try and sure enough it programmed the 2 new FOBS and the old original. You have to do all at once.
So, besides dealers and locksmiths, anyone with a SnapOn scanner, mechanics, body shops etc can do this.
04-13-2018, 05:49 AM
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Got a link for a cheap one?
Thanks
04-13-2018, 08:21 AM
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The "Dorman" seems to work with all, apparently when it doesn't work is with a knock off fob. They have a limited use limit of 3 or 4 programmings.
I am guessing that locksmiths can get the same thing with no limit, for a price. The module that comes with a fob only add about $10.
It has been known that anybody that spent $1000 for a computer interface could do it, as well as almost anything a Tech2 can do. I think the SnapOn and others can flash firmware, the problem is paying Tis2web for the online firmware, a couple hundred $ a day.
Now that GM has deprecated the Tech2 you can get them cheap.
I am guessing that locksmiths can get the same thing with no limit, for a price. The module that comes with a fob only add about $10.
It has been known that anybody that spent $1000 for a computer interface could do it, as well as almost anything a Tech2 can do. I think the SnapOn and others can flash firmware, the problem is paying Tis2web for the online firmware, a couple hundred $ a day.
Now that GM has deprecated the Tech2 you can get them cheap.
08-05-2020, 07:10 PM
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Just a heads up here. Read a bunch of threads about this and perhaps I've got some new info that might be useful.
I just got a 2011 HHR and also 2 new FOBs from Amazon for $15.00 and delivered in 2 days for a couple of bucks.
Was planning on finding a locksmith to program it, or someone with a Snap On scanner. I mentioned it to a guy I know and he said he just last year bought a pricey SnapOn scanner, a Solus Edge, but didn't know if it would do that. So yesterday he gave it to me to try and sure enough it programmed the 2 new FOBS and the old original. You have to do all at once.
So, besides dealers and locksmiths, anyone with a SnapOn scanner, mechanics, body shops etc can do this.
I just got a 2011 HHR and also 2 new FOBs from Amazon for $15.00 and delivered in 2 days for a couple of bucks.
Was planning on finding a locksmith to program it, or someone with a Snap On scanner. I mentioned it to a guy I know and he said he just last year bought a pricey SnapOn scanner, a Solus Edge, but didn't know if it would do that. So yesterday he gave it to me to try and sure enough it programmed the 2 new FOBS and the old original. You have to do all at once.
So, besides dealers and locksmiths, anyone with a SnapOn scanner, mechanics, body shops etc can do this.
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