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Remote Key stopped working

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Remote Key stopped working

Post by squeaky2 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:30 pm

Hi Guys.......my remote key suddenly stopped working today........been quite happily driving around and came to lock it and it refused.....wont lock or unlock now.

Any body have any ideas....i dont think the key is flat as its used quite regularly.......could the battery have died or maybe the key lost its coding?

Any advice would be great.

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Re: Remote Key stopped working

Post by squeaky2 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:26 pm

okay all very wierd.......unlocked the car with the other remote key and now it all works again :)

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Re: Remote Key stopped working

Post by Turks » Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:15 am

They can sometimes get confused. I find that if this happens, open the car manually with the key (alarm will go off) and put the key in the ignition to start. This should stop the alarm and also reset the key... all is fine.


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