Has anyone had a problem with the key fob suddenly not working at all? The one in use has been charged in the dash recently, but refused to lock the car when parked in a side road tonight. None of the fob buttons did anything at all!

As the fob is a sealed unit, it can't be dust inside. I'm wondering if the rechargeable battery inside has suddenly gone wonky. Or possibly that a wireless house alarm may have jammed the signal.

I did eventually get it to single lock, while car was parked. On returning to the car it took about 6 goes to unlock it.

Now I'm home it seems to lock and unlock normally again. All very weird. Any ideas?  Life is not a dress rehearsal!

Seems it has happened to someoane else as well

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic1998.html...ad+locking

I don't have any problems withe key-fob FREELANDER 2 TD4 SE (XS UK) IZMIR BLUE SIDE STEPS COLD PACK BI-XENON TINTED WINDOWS - AND PROUD OF HER

i had exactly the same thing

I found out a wireless driveway alarm was tripping continuously due to been faulty and jamming the key fob from working, until i switched the alarm off

Would be great to take to the dealers and leave it somewhere if they ever p me off  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

I had a problem not so long ago I was in the car park and locked the door to go and get a ticket came back and it would not open I tried both fobs and it wouldnt open I notice a lady further down the row and she was trying to get in to her ford I think what had happened she was pressing her fob at the same time and they were both canceling each other out hopes this helps
sean 07my Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Baltic Blue,Privacy Glass,Ebony black leather,Land rover detachable towbar,S/S Side bars,Climair wind deflectors,Bramble Rash,

I wish Mrs G's credit card would fail to work if there was another woman using her card in the same area  At work
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this has happened to me, but i think it was to do with the dealers resetting all my electrics after fitting a towbar... its going back in on Saturday so hope to get it fixed then. 07 Fl2 GS
88 Galv chassis Landy 110 double cab

Well the "faulty" fob has worked absolutely fine all day, so my money is on the house alarm jamming theory. I'll test that on Sunday when I return to the same road to park.  Life is not a dress rehearsal!

I know some cars (VW i think) had a problem that if you pushed the button on the remote to many times while the car wasn't in sight it wouldn't work anymore. Might be something like that.

Interesting thought JVVV, but nope! I was standing right next to the car when operating the fob. I still reckon its that alarm jamming thingy.

I'll hopefully be able to find out for sure on Sunday, unless someone else grabs the relevant parking spot!  Life is not a dress rehearsal!

Just imagine if Avturs fob goes faulty he'd would be up all night checking to see if its still locked.

Mrs G says the boots has unlocked itself twice on our FL2 but I think its more likely that she has pressed the wrong button on the fob. Lets hope it one of those rare occasions when she's wrong and I'm right  At work
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got mine reprogrammed on Friday at the stealers when it was in getting the towbar fixed...

dealer said to my wife that if you dont use the fob, then the programming will delete itself, so you have to alternate between keys

If thats true, then i need to do it on a less than 3 week cycle! F ckers 07 Fl2 GS
88 Galv chassis Landy 110 double cab

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Left the office this evening and went to Tesco's, shopped and back home.

Went to lock the car and the keyfob just wouldn't do a thing, started the car okay, buttons just don't work, no locking/unlock of doors or boot, lights or alram function, just dead

Spare key worked ok though, so i guess its a trip to the dealer tomorrow (when the fob will most likely work)

 Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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I had the same issue two months ago. My key fob (used every day ) would not lock the door and I had to use my wifes fob (used once a month). I can rule out any sort of interference since the second fob work without issue.

It only happen this one time and never since even durning trips after this on the same day. I think it was caused by me pulling my fob out of the slot and not letting the car eject it after i hit the stop button. I think that there may be some kind of code sync which happens as it is ejected and you hear the "eject noise".

Mines now unlocking the car, starts it, (tried to let the car eject it as per above) but still wouldn't lock it

Think its obviously gone faulty, are keyfobs covered on warranty?  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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