help needed - key fobs

[phill]

ok, so my key fob for the r/c/locking stoped working. I changed the batteries and no difference. Went to fiat and they said I need 2 new keys at £70 but only if i have the number from a white tag that comes with the keys - which i don't. Otherwise the cost is around £500 !!! Is there anything else I can try or do and what has actually happened.

 

[Anonymous]

I may be wrong, but if you have the Red key, you do not need the little white tag...

Daz

 

[Anonymous]

I did say to them I had the red key but they said it made no difference. Can anyone else clarify. Also do I presumbe that if i lock the doors manually that the alarm and imobiliser do not switch on

 

[Ant]

i don't think the red key has the c/l code on it as it doesn't hav the c/l button on the red key?
now i maybe wrong

 

[Anonymous]

imobiliser does alarm doesn't

 

[Tom]

Is the remote part of the blue key or seperate?

 

[Anonymous]

cheers for the advice. Does anyone know what has actually gone wrong with the key. (when i press the button the light flashes red?)

 

[Anonymous]

its built in to the key on the thin side of it.

 

[Anonymous]

If the light goes on on the key, it's probably ok - you may need to get the sensor in the car checked out

 

[Anonymous]

ok that sounds promising. Does everybody elses light go red. And is the sensor up near the sunroof controls and is there anything I can check on it

 

[Anonymous]

there is a way of re programming it if u push the little bit near the sensor in ur car(near the interior lights) and put ur key up to it it should flash and reprogramme it. there is a way of doing it thats not the full method but hav a look in ur hand book it tell u there!!

 

[Anonymous]

ok cheers.will try that and come back to you.

 

[Anonymous]

ok, so I tried resetting the alarm via the instructions in the handbook. When I press the button on the roof panel the green led flashes but as soon as I press my key the light turns off (instead of staying on which is what its ment to do).

 

[phill]

any more knowledgable people out there who would care to comment ? (tom - you normallly know most things.)

 

[Anonymous]

Get a new alarm my roof sensor messed up, did the same as yours, it blinked the light out as soon as i pressed it, the thing costs about £300 for the it to be replaced.

Joske

 

[Insomnia]

This is exactly what my HLX does.

Not much use to you I know but just thought I'd say

I've got a new light unit from a scrappy and it has a pcb with what appears to be an aerial wrapped around it and a few things on it (eg. leads going to volumetric sensors) so I'm guessing it might be a case of swapping that around.

Ins.