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Nick Jan



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Faulty Key-Fob

Has anyone had a problem with the key fob suddenly not working at all? The one in use has been charged in the dash recently, but refused to lock the car when parked in a side road tonight. None of the fob buttons did anything at all!

As the fob is a sealed unit, it can't be dust inside. I'm wondering if the rechargeable battery inside has suddenly gone wonky. Or possibly that a wireless house alarm may have jammed the signal.

I did eventually get it to single lock, while car was parked. On returning to the car it took about 6 goes to unlock it.

Now I'm home it seems to lock and unlock normally again. All very weird. Confused Any ideas?
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Post #22547 18th Jun 2008 11:48 pm
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Matei



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Seems it has happened to someoane else as well

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Post #22552 19th Jun 2008 5:59 am
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npinks



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i had exactly the same thing

I found out a wireless driveway alarm was tripping continuously due to been faulty and jamming the key fob from working, until i switched the alarm off Mad

Would be great to take to the dealers and leave it somewhere if they ever p Censored me off Laughing Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Post #22562 19th Jun 2008 7:37 am
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I had a problem not so long ago I was in the car park and locked the door to go and get a ticket came back and it would not open I tried both fobs and it wouldnt open I notice a lady further down the row and she was trying to get in to her ford I think what had happened she was pressing her fob at the same time and they were both canceling each other out hopes this helps
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I wish Mrs G's credit card would fail to work if there was another woman using her card in the same area Laughing At work
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r055



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this has happened to me, but i think it was to do with the dealers resetting all my electrics after fitting a towbar... Rolling Eyes its going back in on Saturday so hope to get it fixed then. 07 Fl2 GS
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Nick Jan



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update

Well the "faulty" fob has worked absolutely fine all day, so my money is on the house alarm jamming theory. I'll test that on Sunday when I return to the same road to park. Razz Life is not a dress rehearsal!

Post #22600 19th Jun 2008 10:12 pm
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jvvv



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I know some cars (VW i think) had a problem that if you pushed the button on the remote to many times while the car wasn't in sight it wouldn't work anymore. Might be something like that.

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Nick Jan



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nope

Interesting thought JVVV, but nope! I was standing right next to the car when operating the fob. I still reckon its that alarm jamming thingy. Razz

I'll hopefully be able to find out for sure on Sunday, unless someone else grabs the relevant parking spot! Mad Life is not a dress rehearsal!

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Just imagine if Avturs fob goes faulty Laughing he'd would be up all night checking to see if its still locked.

Mrs G says the boots has unlocked itself twice on our FL2 but I think its more likely that she has pressed the wrong button on the fob. Lets hope it one of those rare occasions when she's wrong and I'm right Thumbs Up At work
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r055



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got mine reprogrammed on Friday at the stealers when it was in getting the towbar fixed...

dealer said to my wife that if you dont use the fob, then the programming will delete itself, so you have to alternate between keys Rolling Eyes

If thats true, then i need to do it on a less than 3 week cycle! F Censored ckers 07 Fl2 GS
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npinks



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Censored key fob

Left the office this evening and went to Tesco's, shopped and back home.

Went to lock the car and the keyfob just wouldn't do a thing, started the car okay, buttons just don't work, no locking/unlock of doors or boot, lights or alram function, just dead Mad

Spare key worked ok though, so i guess its a trip to the dealer tomorrow (when the fob will most likely work)

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see grey cars = no good Wink At work
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Post #22887 25th Jun 2008 7:33 pm
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markben7746



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I had the same issue two months ago. My key fob (used every day ) would not lock the door and I had to use my wifes fob (used once a month). I can rule out any sort of interference since the second fob work without issue.

It only happen this one time and never since even durning trips after this on the same day. I think it was caused by me pulling my fob out of the slot and not letting the car eject it after i hit the stop button. I think that there may be some kind of code sync which happens as it is ejected and you hear the "eject noise".

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npinks



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Mines now unlocking the car, starts it, (tried to let the car eject it as per above) but still wouldn't lock it Rolling Eyes

Think its obviously gone faulty, are keyfobs covered on warranty? Question Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis


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