One of my key fobs for my 2006 Dodge Charger Daytona Edition stopped working last week. I have a spare that works fine. I thought it might be the battery but after installing a new one, it still doesn't work. Does it need to be programmed again, do I need to take it to a Dodge dealership or do I have to buy a new one all together? Please help!

 

Hey jacobsdl welcome to the forum.

A lot of people had issues with the fobs, the internal wiring is not quality and there may be some loose wires.

 

I'd take it to the dealer & see what they can do for you.....

 

I called the dealer and they said my key fob needs to be reprogrammed. It costs about $45...not as bad as I'd thought! Thanks for your help.

 

Nice to see the dealership working with you on this. Those keys are expensive.

 

The dealership mechanic told me it would be about 45 also, but also could be a bigger problem where he had to reprogram the whole system for my key and ignition system, so instead of $45.00 I ended up spending about $500.00 so just in case you might want to save more money

 

Wondering how they could program a fobkey that quit working. They don't just become unprogrammed.

500 for what?

 

So my car wouldn't unlock also, when I bought my car about a year ago it didn't come with a spare key, so one day after work my car wasn't unlocking and when I put the key in the door the alarm kept going off(AND THERE WASN'T A KILL SWITCH) so I called a tow company to tow me to the dealer, and the mechanic said,"Its gonna run you about 45-50 bucks"! but if there is a more technical issue its gonna be more, so he called me and told me that the it was the technical issue, that not only did I have to get the key reprogrammed but he had reprogram the ignition also! I can't say its not a rip off but I really didn't have a choice!Also would like to point out , to keep your key away from your cell phone I've heard it can cause key issues, it couldve been a factor in this situation,the mechanic said it may have been, but its just a heads up, to prevent money from coming out your pocket!!!


Hope this helps somewhat.

 

Yeah, key should have been about 157 I think programming 45 or so. Diag charge or any other fluff would have been uncalled for IMO. I mean when they go into the module to program the key if there are only key related DTCs it's kind of a slam dunk no brainer.