Member Since: 13 Jan 2009
Location: Somewhere in the middle
Posts: 1718
Key fob died, what are the options?
One of the key fobs just died and from experience I know that means replacement.
The obvious option is buying one from TLO but for a fraction of the price I can buy an uncut key fob from our favourite action site.
Can a lock smith cut a key?CLUB ILLEGAL CAR WASHERS
Another option, if you have a soldering iron & a spare hour, is to buy the battery (£3) crack the fob open & replace the original one. There's a couple of threads on topic; search for +battery +fob.Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
Member Since: 01 Oct 2007
Location: Sleepy Somerset
Posts: 576
Died while in routine service or....
picked out of the spare key cupboard for the first time in ages?
It might simply need rechargingClub missing my D3
4th May 2010 5:52 pm
Renton
Member Since: 13 Jan 2009
Location: Somewhere in the middle
Posts: 1718
DrLex wrote:
Another option, if you have a soldering iron & a spare hour, is to buy the battery (£3) crack the fob open & replace the original one. There's a couple of threads on topic; search for +battery +fob.
Yep, thats what I did. Waiting for the batteries to arrive.
Found the BBS thread on how to change the battery.CLUB ILLEGAL CAR WASHERS
6th May 2010 10:02 am
dr_neil
Member Since: 18 Jun 2009
Location: Devon
Posts: 164
I have had a different problem with both my keys.
The fault was intermittent, it took 40 or 50 presses to lock or unlock with both keys. I even got to the point I was carryign both keys around as one of them would work.
I've found that a sharp tap of the key on the bumper has sorted it out. I presume that there's a loose connection in the key. Seems to have sorted out both of them.
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