MY01 OBW remote entry problem

[Daniel Thrombin]

My remote door locking/unlocking has been working intermittenttly for some
time and has now stopped working completely. Replaced the battery when the
remote started playing up and the replacement battery is still full now.
Checked internal contacts on remote and seems OK.

Anyone had similar experience? Any way I can check the receiver in the car
in case it's become disconnected? Is there a way to encode the key to match
the car's receiver or are they sold as a matched pair?

Thanks

 

[Sparky Polastri]

My remote door locking/unlocking has been working intermittenttly for some
time and has now stopped working completely. Replaced the battery when the
remote started playing up and the replacement battery is still full now.
Checked internal contacts on remote and seems OK.

Anyone had similar experience? Any way I can check the receiver in the car
in case it's become disconnected? Is there a way to encode the key to
match
the car's receiver or are they sold as a matched pair?

Thanks

From what I understand there is some sort of key in the ignition sequence to
program the receiver. Check your manual.

Mine sucks too (OBW 2001) I have to press the button about 20 times to get
it to respond. But it eventually does. (This after a fresh battery too,
makes me wonder if there isn't also a battery in the receiver that needs
replacing.)

 

[Googler]

One of my remotes was so bad I thought it was broken and I went back to
the dealer and they reprogrammed it. Unfortunately, I did not realize
until too late that I have to be very close to the door for it to work
(may as well use the key). The other remote, which I use daily, is
somewhat erratic in terms of how far it'll work and how many button
presses it'll take. Yeah, for me, this is a definite weakness in an
overall good product.

Jay M
USA
'03 Baja

 

[Bart]

There are certain parts of town where my remote has a really hard time
unlocking the door -- I think there is radio interference...most of the
time it's great, but there is one store I go to that I sometimes have to
set the alarm off by unlocking the door manually just to get in the car!