2006 Chevrolet Colorado
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2006 Chevrolet Colorado Remote Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Over in Spring Valley Village, I got a call from a guy who had been sitting in a Home Depot parking lot for twenty minutes trying to figure out why his 2006 Colorado wouldn't cooperate. The truck started fine. The fob was dead.

He'd been jamming the lock button over and over, walking closer, holding it at different angles. Nothing. He finally just locked it by hand with the blade and called me. He thought he needed a whole new key programmed.

I pulled up, asked him one question: when did he last change the fob battery. He looked at the fob like he'd never thought about it before. Probably hadn't. These CR2032 cells can last a few years in normal use, but the 2006 Colorado fob housing on this particular one had a small hairline crack along the seam near the battery compartment. Moisture and dirt had gotten in. The contact inside was corroded.

I cleaned the contact, seated a fresh CR2032, and the buttons came right back. Tested lock, unlock, and the third button. All three working, good range across the parking lot.

Then I walked him through the blade side of the job anyway, because he mentioned the truck had been sitting a few months before he bought it used. Wanted to make sure there wasn't a second problem hiding behind the first. Engine started clean, no warning lights, no hesitation. He was good.

Took about fifteen minutes total. He'd been ready to call the dealer and spend a good chunk of the afternoon waiting. He did not have to do that.

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