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[Deserter]

I parked up today to eat my lunch sat in the car with the engine off for about 30mins and then when I came to start obviously the moby was active so I pressed the fob and nothing happened except the interior light flashed twice, took me a good 10 to 15 mins before for no reason at all the fob locked and unlocked the doors and all was well again. Any ideas what may of caused this. I'm a little reluctant to drive her till its sorted out for fear of getting stranded.

[Deserter]

The plot thickened today.

As I left work the car did exactly the same trick of arming the moby and then refusing to unarm.

The red light on the dash stayed on and didn't flash. No matter what I tried there was no way to get the moby off again, so I called the RAC out to it, the guy said the key was not producing a massive signal, (the key is only 12months old and I fitted new batteries 2 nights ago after it first started playing up, weird how it takes 2 c2025 batteries.) any way the RAC man reprogrammed the ignition key and away everything started working again, away I drove, after my 25mile home drive I stopped got out and used the fob again and the thing is armed in imobilize and won't deactivate again.

Any ideas or is it time for the great crushing machine of doom?

[Auto Addict]

Are you near a mobile phone mast?

A dealer I sometimes buy parts from, has the same problem, a nearby mobile phone mast effects the opening of cars, have experienced it there myself.

[Deserter]

Thats interesting, not sure but I will check.

[AllyM]

I have the exact same issue with my Omega ( 2001 3.2 v6 ) , drives fine then stop for 10 mins to visit shops or whatever and the bu66er won,t start !! , it eventually starts after 20-25 mins of trying  :-? , it,s been on Tech 2 with no faults showing what so ever , mechanic said crank sensor can sometimes cause this fault ( without registering a fault ) so getting it changed in the next few days so watch this space for a success story or me banging my head of the drawing board  

[Deserter]

Weird again... After parking it up on Friday and trying the fob every time I walked past her, today she decided to work perfectly again. The only thing I did was to take her out of park and into neutral, then back again, so far she hasn't faulted again yet, I reluctant to take her anywhere for fear of getting stranded again.

[perfferle]

Try replacing the battery in the key - for good measure.
And
i can also vouch for issues around mobile phone / transmitter masts.
Stephen .

[shanjon]

i think he has already put new batteries in