ChrisUlrich

Is there way to bypass the key fob?

Seriously tired of the stupid car telling me the fab isn't present!!

EVRose

Not if you still want to dive it. Why not just put a new battery in the fob?

Vette_DD

Fabs don't work on C6s. Get a couple of fobs and program them for the car.

Else trade the car for one with less technology.

ChrisUlrich

I did that. Twice!

Bruze

Fabs . . . ?

Diving . . . ?

ChrisUlrich

You mean like spares?

The reason I bring this up is because the stupid thing got me stranded.

ChrisUlrich

Thanks

Bruze

All in good fun.

If you post the specific problems you're having, these guys will pin it down for you.

ChrisUlrich

"No fobs detected"

You just hear a bunch of relays click real fast.

corvettezman

How many fobs do you have ? and if more than one, are they both or all acting the same way?
You may have a defective fob.

Mad*Max

ChrisUlrich

So no way to bypass the fob.

This sucks

EVRose

If there were a way to bypass the fob C6's would be getting stolen every day.

owc6

Fobs don't randomly become unprogrammed. There has always been some other reason for it not working. Defective in what way? Battery dead? Crushed and broken? Wet and fried? If the fob lets you in and works in the glove box slot, it is not "defective."

To the OP:

Usually, when you start getting the No Fob Detected message, it is either the fob battery is weak/dead, or there is interference such as a phone, florescent lights, magnets, etc… or a combo of those things that keep the car from "hearing" the fob.

Try to identify these. Remove one possibility at a time, and determine what the problem is. Phone first, battery next, and so on.

I have problems with my favorite purse, which has four very strong magnets as clasps. My cars will not see the fob if the magnets are between the fob and the glove box antenna (C6) or steering column (C7). I flip my purse around, and Voila! the car starts.

For most men, it is phone in the same pocket as the fob, or fob in left pocket, which just may be too far from the glove box antenna.

owc6

Can you elaborate?

jmeirhofer

Correct me if I am wrong but can't you bypass a dead fob battery by putting it in the slot in the glove box? Or even just put on in the slot without a battery and leave it there and not have to worry about the fob other than opening the door, which you can bypass as well with a key by opening the trunk and pulling the handle.

YMMV as I have not tried this theory yet.

owc6

Yes. No or dead fob battery makes no difference in the slot. However, I would not want to have to access the car via key and pull cord every time. That's why I wondered why he was stranded. Also, I would not want to leave the fob in the slot, because, then anyone who could get into the car could drive off.

There is a reason the fob is not working, and getting to the bottom of it is the answer.

Bruze

Aha, pure logic!

jmeirhofer

Kind of what I was getting at. It should not have left him stranded unless he does not have the key to get in. I have a hidden spare key, fob and battery in a case in the event I lose my fob. But outside of losing your fob or not having a key to get in, I can not think of another way to be stranded by the fob.

ChrisUlrich

The key fob I was using didn't start the car. I used the slot in the glove box and the car still didn't start. I was there for 90 minutes trying to get it to start. It only start finally worked when I removed the fuse to check to see if it blew, then reinserted it. Started right up after that.

The fob would unlock the car, lock the car, pop the trunk, sound the alarm. But it would not start the car.