My cars remotes won`t open the doors!

1,021 posts · joined Oct 2002 · 29 Nov 2009, 9:18 pm

#749862

Some crazy shit is going on in the Adelaide Hills!
My wife came home from a friends house an hour or so ago and said she couldn`t lock her car (with the remote key fob). I went and had a look, couldn`t suss it out so thought bugger it, it`s a 6 month old car under warranty, I`ll call the dealer in the morning. Just went out to get something out of my car (`05 Pathfinder daily driver) and the bloody thing won`t unlock!
I thought I`d try putting the key fob close up to the reciever on top of the dash (through the windscreen) and it unlocked. Tried my wifes car and same deal.
I`m thinking it could some kind of magnetic/electonic/radio interference thats floating around for some reason??????
Anyone had this sort of trouble before?
The Splitty still unlocks ok!!

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646 posts · joined Jul 2009 · 29 Nov 2009, 9:33 pm

#749866

get rid of the new stuff, and buy a couple more splitty's! 😂

Too much of a co-incidence to have the batteries run low at the same time I guess??

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2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 29 Nov 2009, 9:54 pm

#749874

My guess is radio interference.

When I lived in Sydney, if I parked near the radio tower in St Leonards the VT Clubby I had would refuse to unlock or sometimes start cos of the immobiliser.

One time had to call NRMA out to get it running, and he reckoned it was a pretty common issue around there.

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 Nov 2009, 10:13 pm

#749881

You may have high powered transmitters nearby causing the interference..

try operating the remote next to a blinker lamp at the rear or front...
I usually use the rear blinker on My 68 beetle and Lancer...

Sometimes they don;'t want to work...

I've never really thought about it...

at home I can switch them both from inside My house and garage and carport are 10 meters away...

it does pay to renew the batteries before they stop working ..lol

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57 Chook Shed wrote:Some crazy shit is going on in the Adelaide Hills!
My wife came home from a friends house an hour or so ago and said she couldn`t lock her car (with the remote key fob). I went and had a look, couldn`t suss it out so thought bugger it, it`s a 6 month old car under warranty, I`ll call the dealer in the morning. Just went out to get something out of my car (`05 Pathfinder daily driver) and the bloody thing won`t unlock!
I thought I`d try putting the key fob close up to the reciever on top of the dash (through the windscreen) and it unlocked. Tried my wifes car and same deal.
I`m thinking it could some kind of magnetic/electonic/radio interference thats floating around for some reason??????
Anyone had this sort of trouble before?
The Splitty still unlocks ok!!

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2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 · 29 Nov 2009, 10:33 pm

#749887

Powerlines???

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 Nov 2009, 11:39 pm

#749894

Yes, could be power line interference..

Look how great they work in an underground car park.. lol
with no interference etc at all...

LEE

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1,021 posts · joined Oct 2002 · 30 Nov 2009, 8:12 pm

#750077

Hey guys thanks for the replies.
Got up this morning and they were both working! (from like 10 or so metres away like you said Lee).
Bizzarre!
I live fairly close to the radio transmitters on the summit of Mount Lofty but I have never had that sort of trouble before. We`ve had some crazy weather lately so maybe it was some electro magnetic force or something!??
I reckon it would be vertually impossible for all the batteries on 4 keys from 2 different cars one which is 4 years old and one which is 6 months old to go flat at the same time!
Sorry to talk boring daily driver crap but this was so wierd!
Graham.

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315 posts · joined Sep 2009 · 30 Nov 2009, 8:36 pm

#750078

I remeber there was a Top Gear episode where Jeremy walked far enough away from a car with remote locking, so that the remote wouldn't work (get a signal to unlock/lock the car). He then pusshed the remote to his head, pressed the "unlock" button and Waalaaaa, the car unlocked🤓 Set up? maybe, try it out😂

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1,258 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 15 Dec 2009, 9:19 pm

#752622

haha ever read the sign in the mount lofty carpark gra??? cos of all the transmitters/recievers up there is says do not immobilise your vehicle as it will be impossible to remove lol

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