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Key on the way out?
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:16 pm
by Godderz23
Guys, my keyfob is getting a bit lazy, every now and then it wont lock/unlock my doors, have to stand right next to it and keep pressing it until it finally works.
New battery or something worse?
Cheers in advance, Chris.
Re: Key on the way out?
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:35 pm
by MrP
Does the light flash?
Mine did this and I changed the battery and the extra distance gained was unbelievable.
Re: Key on the way out?
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:20 pm
by Bradley
Normally shorter distance etc is caused by a low battery.Get it changed and let us know how you get on.
Brad
Re: Key on the way out?
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:40 pm
by emma_88
Yep this happened to one of my keys too. Got the battery changed and it's perfectly fine now.
Re: Key on the way out?
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:46 pm
by Godderz23
Thanks guys. Will give it a go.
Re: Key on the way out?
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:13 pm
by 6N2 GTI 00
I have got the same problem with mine, I literally have to stand about a yard away to get it to work lol
New Battery is something that needs to be ordered
Re: Key on the way out?
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:00 pm
by Bradley
When the battery is new you can literally lock it from 30+ meters away haha.
Re: Key on the way out?
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:05 pm
by alexperkins
This isnt always the case though. One of my fobs had developed a fault, that even with a new battery, the range was about 30cm from the lock and half the time it still didnt work. New fob and it was happy days!
Re: Key on the way out?
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:58 pm
by S.Kayani
alexperkins wrote:This isnt always the case though. One of my fobs had developed a fault, that even with a new battery, the range was about 30cm from the lock and half the time it still didnt work. New fob and it was happy days!
That's the problem I got with mine before It eventually stopped working. Was going to order the part from hickleys but trying to find the cheapest way go get a spare key made aswel as this at the moment.
Apparently the transponder can be cloned and coded. But need to find some way/how to do it lol
Re: Key on the way out?
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:55 am
by bradley1983
My key is doing the same and u changed the battery and still only works as and when!!!
Looks like I need a new fob. Good thing Mr Perkins pointed me in the right direction a few weeks ago.
Re: Key on the way out?
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:57 am
by alexperkins
S.Kayani wrote:
Apparently the transponder can be cloned and coded. But need to find some way/how to do it lol
Hickleys can do it - have a word with them.
Re: Key on the way out?
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:15 pm
by S.Kayani
Cheers will do, only thing is I think they are quite far away from me, so unless they're dirt cheap might not be worth going down