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Old 04-13-2017, 02:32 PM
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Both of the fobs on my 2011 Ram 1500 SLT decided to die during a cold snap in December (of course). My stealerships here in Calgary quoted $250 per new fob plus up to $150 to program them. That's $650 to get my remotes to work again!

So I said "F" that, and did a search on Amazon to see what my options were. I found one retailer selling a pair of our fobs for $33.99, so I bought them. Then I went on Kijiji (it's a Canadian thing so far...like Craiglist but better) and found a guy who would come to my house and program them for $80. so for $120 both of my new fobs work perfectly and I got to keep $500 in my jeans. Time to go invest that into a levelling kit and a programmer!
 
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Sweet, goes to show what thieves the stealerships are. That's ridiculous but glad you shared this info. Nice job!
 
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Originally Posted by Heminoob
Both of the fobs on my 2011 Ram 1500 SLT decided to die during a cold snap in December (of course). My stealerships here in Calgary quoted $250 per new fob plus up to $150 to program them. That's $650 to get my remotes to work again!

So I said "F" that, and did a search on Amazon to see what my options were. I found one retailer selling a pair of our fobs for $33.99, so I bought them. Then I went on Kijiji (it's a Canadian thing so far...like Craiglist but better) and found a guy who would come to my house and program them for $80. so for $120 both of my new fobs work perfectly and I got to keep $500 in my jeans. Time to go invest that into a levelling kit and a programmer!
Do your old fobs still start the truck, just the buttons dont work? if so a dead battery in the fob. My work deals with it all the time with our Caravans (same fobs)

Also if you want 2 new fobs, from the dealer. Its cheaper to buy the Remote start kit, I was quoted $600 installed at the dealer in Nova Scotia, And this also includes 2 new fobs with the remote start button.
 




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