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 57 Chook Shed
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 posted on November 29th, 2009 at 09:18 PM |
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My cars remotes won`t open the doors!
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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| posted on November 29th, 2009 at 09:33 PM |
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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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| posted on November 29th, 2009 at 09:54 PM |
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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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 posted on November 29th, 2009 at 10:13 PM |
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Blinkers flashing with alarm
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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posted by 57 Chook Shed
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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| posted on November 29th, 2009 at 10:33 PM |
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Powerlines???
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| posted on November 29th, 2009 at 11:39 PM |
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Yes, could be power line interference..
Look how great they work in an underground car park.. lol
with no interference etc at all...
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| posted on November 30th, 2009 at 08:12 PM |
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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!
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| posted on November 30th, 2009 at 08:36 PM |
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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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| posted on December 15th, 2009 at 09:19 PM |
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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
stuipid beetle breaks everytime i drive it.....
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