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Didn't anyone here notice the one key bit of information that was given to us in the OP's first paragraph? - His battery died and he needed a jump. I'm sure he didn't mean that the battery in his key fob died and needed a jump.

Everyone so far has been looking at the key fob battery, suspecting THAT is bad, but a bad battery in a fob would cause his symptoms to occur continuously until he replaced the battery in the fob. However, he had not described that as the case.

Remember the saying that automotive batteries die in the summer and fail in the winter. Right now in Georgia, where he resides, the temperatures overnight are getting colder, and the fact that the problem only seems to exist first thing in the morning, leads me to believe that it is the battery in his car that is failing, not the battery in his remote.

Remember that whenever an automotive battery dies to the point that it needs to be jumped, unless it's a deep-cycle battery, it suffers permanent damage. Electronics in modern day vehicles are very susceptible to even minor voltage fluctuations or losses.

My suggestion is to have the battery and charging system properly load tested, then go from there. Alternatively, he can leave a trickle charger on the car's battery overnight to see if that remedies the symptom. If it does, it's probably time to replace the battery in the car. This is, of course, AFTER the obvious checks one would make when trying to diagnose electrical problems, i.e. clean up any corrosion and tighten any loose terminals or ground cables to see if that fixes the issue.

To OP, let us know what you eventually find.