Hi everyone, I wanted to relate a story that happened to me yesterday on taking my 2007 Chevy Malibu to a local Chevy dealer to have the key fob battery replaced and the fob reprogrammed to the car - total expected cost to be around $40.00 For a couple of weeks our Malibu has been reporting 'Key fob battery low' and finally it quit working as far as we knew. I scheduled an appt. with the Chevy dealer to drop the car and key fob off yesterday to get a new battery and reprogram the fob to the car as has to be done by a dealer. Anyway, we get a call later in the day indicating that the key fob has '... a broken circuit board and can't be fixed!' Which up to the point the battery died had been working perfectly -- and, for the nominal price of $126.00 they'd sell us a new key fob, re-programming included... Well we declined the offer, stopping by to pickup the old key fob and the car, and heading down the road. Making a quick stop just a half-hour later, my wife pushes the 'Lock' on the old key fob and it works!!! Battery was still low, but it worked a few more times before conking out again. So here are my questions: 1. What did the Chevy dealer do ? 2. If a new battery had been changed and fob could not be reprogrammed; why did putting in the old battery continue to work without(?) re-programming the fob? 3. Was this just a ploy to increase revenue by $86.00 ($126.00 - $40.00) 4. If the old battery was simply put back in because they couldn't reprogram the fob with the new battery - Does that mean, all I need is a new battery for the fob and replace it myself? Thanks for your reply, greynold99

2006 Nissan Altima 3.5 SE, 285k miles Wipers will not shut off when switched off, sometimes going for a few extra wipes to several minutes. I replaced the motor 6 months ago while I was replacing a broken bushing. However....I am pretty sure this motor acts differently than the last. I believe that after this sends the wipers down(like on intermittent), it makes them jump up about 3/4" of an inch(like they are resetting). Not sure if the original motor did it, or if it is normal or has anything to do with this.....I do not recall the original motor doing this but not 100% sure. When running through an automatic car war, as the main brush runs up the car and hits the wipers(pushing them up), this will trigger the wipers to run a cycle even with the switch lever in the cabin off. I am sure I could trigger it myself, but have not tried. (edit, yes I can trigger them by forcing the arm up) Should I assume motor is the issue here? Thanks :)