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[toller]

Not used my barge in a while due to the MOT running out in early october and me needing to do a few bits to it to get it thorough but having no time to do it.  Anyway, all done now and so should be going for MOT on tuesday.

I had a weird problem yesterday in that the car had been stood for a week without being touched, went to start it and it fired up straight away,  had to replace rear coil springs and have a fiddle with the handbrake.  All in it took about 2 1/2 hours and during that time everything in the car was off and the keys were on a table next to the car,  when I came to restart it the battery was totally dead, put it on charge over night and came back to it today and everything seems fine except I can't get the remote locking to work.  It's the infra red type rather than the RF.  I've tried reprogramming it as per the car handbook but it does absolutely nothing.  The light on the key fob flashes when it is pressed but it has no effect on the car,  It was working fine yesterday when I opened the car before starting work on it so i'm a bit perplexed.

Any ideas?

Sorry for the rambling long post too.

[RobG]

Have you checked fuse # 20 under steering wheel :question

[toller]

Checked fuse 20 and it was ok however when i replaced it and tried the remote again the courtesy light started to flash, went through the reprogramming again and this time the courtesy light flashed which as i understood it confirms that the remote has been programmed but it still doesn't lock or unlock the car.

[toller]

Had another fiddle this evening, disconnected the battery and left it half an hour to see if this would have any effect and now whenever the fob is pressed the courtesy light flashes 3 or 4 times,  it will keep doing this until I put the keys in and turn on the ignition and then turn it off again,  after this pressing the fob does nothing.

I wouldn't be too bothered about this in normal circumstances but the lock in the door is quite stiff and can be a bit of a pain to open and close with the key so it makes things much easier having the fob.

[gohmathew]

I was just wondering if it was a common problem with the actuator or if i might have done anything to cause it or something.