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(Message started by: taliban on Aug 30^th, 2006, 7:32pm)

Title: remote....
Post by taliban on Aug 30^th, 2006, 7:32pm

when i bought my car it came with a remote which the seller said didnt work so i've just been using the key. yesterday i put new batteries in the remote, re programmed it, and wey hey, it worked, brilliant.
today it worked first thing but gradually got worse as if the batteries were drained, now its stopped working, any ideas ???

Title: Re: remote....
Post by km449 on Aug 31^st, 2006, 7:49am

Don't get me started on remotes! Check out this thread!!

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Problems;action=display;num=1155671039

Title: Re: remote....
Post by Baw_Flinger on Aug 31^st, 2006, 8:00am

Could be that a contact is stuck or there is a short. Pop the thing open and give it a good clean (contacts, chip board, switches etc) out with a cotton bud and spirits. Look for any obvious signs of dry contacts/damage and the like.

Title: Re: remote....
Post by Mummra on Aug 31^st, 2006, 8:52am

Also be wary of cheap Batteries, the wife bought a pack of 5 remote batteries off ebay for £2 and they died within a couple of weeks of use.
I was having alot of trouble with my remote during the hot spell, would work in the morning but not in the afternoon, I think it was down to the heat as the remote works perfectly again now the hot weather has gone.
They certainly do seem to be a law unto themselves, our remotes.

Title: Re: remote....
Post by mr._floppy on Aug 31^st, 2006, 10:49am

Indeed, very temperamental, somedays I have to be within 3 feet of the boot before it pops up, other times it works from 20 yards away :-/

Try the school rubber trick, take it apart, and rub the gold surfaces with the rubber ( NOT an ink rubber ) then the conductive contact pads .

Mine's been trouble free for a year or so since.

Title: Re: remote....
Post by Butterfingers on Sep 3^rd, 2006, 2:43pm

Agreed with the temperature problem. Mine would pop the boot up without pressing any buttons and set the alarm off a couple of times. But in the cooler weather its fine. THey certainly need a good clean and you can even use nail polish remover on the contacts.

Title: Re: remote....
Post by twinturbo on Sep 3^rd, 2006, 11:07pm

Remember not to toutch the button cell with your fingers..

This leaves oily mineral deposits, they can cause HIGH resistance in the supply circuit or short the cell out.

If you have toutched it, wipe with a dry clean tissue.

TT

Title: Re: remote....
Post by standarren on Nov 5^th, 2006, 9:01am

hi guys been a member for about a week now got to say what a great site just bought a 2.3 ultima 16v i had a problem with the remote it would work if i pressed the button really hard thought it might be low battery power as the boot would open no problem i bought some new batterys first still the same then thought the open and lock buttons get used very often i took it apart give it a good clean with alcohol got some doublesided tape and stuck some tinfoil on the round contacts put it back together presto works great hope this helps a few people out

Title: Re: remote....
Post by km449 on Nov 5^th, 2006, 9:06am

The remote was always an enigma to me and it drove me so mad I swapped the much loved scorp for an explorer. Both remotes work all the time every time!!!

Title: Re: remote....
Post by TiberiuS on Nov 6^th, 2006, 12:25pm

Ever wondered why some of the buttons on old remotes for TVs and the like need to be pressed HARD to get the message?

Now you know ;)

You could always get some miniature tact switches from Maplin and solder them onto the contacts or just put some tin foil or conductive paint over, I think the transmitting range is turned down though to comply with the bonkers EU regs...

Regards, Bruce.