Hi,
I hope someone can help me.
Got an '05 Croma 1.9 JTDm 8V.
It hadn't been used for a long time so the battery was flat, and we jumped it. It drove here but the battery didn't take charge.
Charged battery and it started the car last week.
Wanted to move the car so I gave the battery a charge from yesterday evening to about 12 today. Battery seems to be fully charged. Remote central locking works, Radio works etc.
Had also bought a new key case and changed the innards over.
The new key would not twist in the holder so moved it all back again.
Now I get nothing apart from "Electronic key not recognised".
That might sound like it reads a code and doesn't recognise it, but I can leave the key in the house and press the inside bit in and it brings up the same comment on the dash. So I think it doesn't read anything.
I don't know if the "comment" came up with the new case, wasn't looking at the dash at the time.
I would have thought that the chip with the code was passive and doesn't need battery power to work.
Hard to know if it is the coil reader or the chip in the key.
Any ideas welcome.
Thanks, Dave
I hope someone can help me.
Got an '05 Croma 1.9 JTDm 8V.
It hadn't been used for a long time so the battery was flat, and we jumped it. It drove here but the battery didn't take charge.
Charged battery and it started the car last week.
Wanted to move the car so I gave the battery a charge from yesterday evening to about 12 today. Battery seems to be fully charged. Remote central locking works, Radio works etc.
Had also bought a new key case and changed the innards over.
The new key would not twist in the holder so moved it all back again.
Now I get nothing apart from "Electronic key not recognised".
That might sound like it reads a code and doesn't recognise it, but I can leave the key in the house and press the inside bit in and it brings up the same comment on the dash. So I think it doesn't read anything.
I don't know if the "comment" came up with the new case, wasn't looking at the dash at the time.
I would have thought that the chip with the code was passive and doesn't need battery power to work.
Hard to know if it is the coil reader or the chip in the key.
Any ideas welcome.
Thanks, Dave