When a smart key fails, it’s often a dead battery. Learn how to access your car and start it, plus tips for a permanent fix.

Tempted to save money by DIYing a new key fob or smart key for your car? It could save you hundreds.

If you think you can go to any hardware store to have a new car key cut for a few bucks, you’re still living in the 20th century. Nowadays, when you lose a key or need an extra, you’ll probably have ...

Like anything powered by a battery, a car key fob can die—often at the worst time. Here’s how to change the battery in your key fob quickly and safely. Check your battery type. Most fobs use small ...

If you need a Chevy HHR key fob programmer, do some research before buying. Today, car keys are very secure. Many car keys come in key fobs rather than mechanical keys. When you press a button on your ...

If you're old enough to remember when cars had simple key ignition switches and not start buttons, you may find modern key fobs frustrating. With your key in hand, the only dead battery that could ...

Key fobs are a generally pretty mundane and overlooked piece of automotive paraphernalia. A few decades ago, drivers didn't have a way to remotely unlock their cars, and now it's taken for granted.

Endurance Warranty, Omega Auto Care and American Dream Auto Protect Your key fob can wear out over time, making it annoying or impossible, in some cases, to enter and use your vehicle. Unfortunately, ...

Today’s new cars pack in more high-tech electronic features than ever before, including in the key fob. The device has gone far beyond simply locking or unlocking doors, remotely starting a car, or ...

That little remote packs a whole lot of power. Here's what you never knew about that humble key fob dangling from your keychain. As a gentleman of, ahem, a certain age, I started driving back when all ...