Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Entwood]

While we are on the subject of key fobs,i have to press mine really hard most of the time to get it to work properly.Is there an easy fix for this at all. :-/

Send it to Martin Imber and let him work his magic on it ....  around a tenner I believe ... drop him a PM ..

[unlucky mark mv6]

Was thinking of doing that,but as i am a tight git ,i just thought i would try and fix it myself first.

[Dave Elite]

While we are on the subject of key fobs,i have to press mine really hard most of the time to get it to work properly.Is there an easy fix for this at all. :-/

Send it to Martin Imber and let him work his magic on it ....  around a tenner I believe ... drop him a PM ..

I cant see anything magic about what he does... just my opinion... nowt else... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

[Martin_1962]

Was thinking of doing that,but as i am a tight git ,i just thought i would try and fix it myself first.

Well the minimum order of switches is 10 and postage from RS - you are looking at about £10 for the parts.

[Martin_1962]

While we are on the subject of key fobs,i have to press mine really hard most of the time to get it to work properly.Is there an easy fix for this at all. :-/

Send it to Martin Imber and let him work his magic on it ....  around a tenner I believe ... drop him a PM ..

I cant see anything magic about what he does... just my opinion... nowt else... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Just good with a soldering iron, use modelling skills to repair some damage, and I have excellent close up vision.

[PhilRich]

While we are on the subject of key fobs,i have to press mine really hard most of the time to get it to work properly.Is there an easy fix for this at all. :-/

Send it to Martin Imber and let him work his magic on it ....  around a tenner I believe ... drop him a PM ..

I cant see anything magic about what he does... just my opinion... nowt else... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Just good with a soldering iron, use modelling skills to repair some damage, and I have excellent close up vision.

So do I Martin, it's anything further than the end of my nose I have trouble with 

[2camjohn]

Thanks guys.

Its £65 (incl VAT) to get the key programmed from polar aircon.
Thats including callout fee.

Im not complaining but that brings the total price (incl new blank key) back to around £100 which is competing with Vauxhalls service department.

Can anyone think of other alternatives?

[Kevin Wood]

Thanks guys.

Its £65 (incl VAT) to get the key programmed from polar aircon.
Thats including callout fee.

Im not complaining but that brings the total price (incl new blank key) back to around £100 which is competing with Vauxhalls service department.

Can anyone think of other alternatives?

Your cheapest option, if the fob is truly beyond repair, would be to source a new / 2nd hand one and get it programmed by one of our Tech 2 custodians.

2nd hand runs the risk of an incompatible fob unless you can compare the circuit boards and determine that they are identical. New ones are about £30 odd from a dealer excluding programming, IIRC. See the link at the bottom of my post for Tech 2 prices and locations.

Kevin

[djac]

Thanks guys.

Its £65 (incl VAT) to get the key programmed from polar aircon.
Thats including callout fee.

Im not complaining but that brings the total price (incl new blank key) back to around £100 which is competing with Vauxhalls service department.

Can anyone think of other alternatives?

Thought it was just the fob that was fubar'd?  :-/

[Martin_1962]

Put a photo on here of it - you never know - it MIGHT be repairable.

I have had to replace tracks with wire before