99 Disco Keyless entry, Hit and miss or wierd science!

I recently purchased a 99 disco SD I believe and the previous
caretakers gave me no manual and only 1 remote fob. I don't know if
it's human error or what but it seems no matter what sequence I use to
gain entry it;s totally hit and miss. When I click the keyless padlock
icon on the fob once, I sometimes get a lockin sound but nothin
happens, and other times all but the driver door locks.
There are times when I get a horn chirp and all locks go down.
Sometimes I try the key manually and they all go down and the alarm
sets. Other times I go manually and can;t even depress the driver door
lock.
I fear there is some major gremlins at work or I'm just totally stupid
( thanks to no literature). I've got a complete CD set coming which
hopefully will get me on the right track.
Is there some method of resetting/re-initializing the lock system to
square one or would that matter.
WHile I await my CD arrival is there a resource that shows all the
sequences for this remote. Any help is much apppreciated.


B

Hi,

Couple of things to try. First off all change the battery in the remote.

Secondly and this may be were the problem lies. Check the earth for the
battery (on the car, the car battery). The earth leads are dreadful. Clean
it up make sure it is earthing properly. Even add a second earth cable
directly to the engine, it really does help.

If you have noticed any difference in your handbrake this could be a symptom
of poor earthing.

Yours

Andrew


"Bananaramma" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I recently purchased a 99 disco SD I believe and the previous
> caretakers gave me no manual and only 1 remote fob. I don't know if
> it's human error or what but it seems no matter what sequence I use to
> gain entry it;s totally hit and miss. When I click the keyless padlock
> icon on the fob once, I sometimes get a lockin sound but nothin
> happens, and other times all but the driver door locks.
> There are times when I get a horn chirp and all locks go down.
> Sometimes I try the key manually and they all go down and the alarm
> sets. Other times I go manually and can;t even depress the driver door
> lock.
> I fear there is some major gremlins at work or I'm just totally stupid
> ( thanks to no literature). I've got a complete CD set coming which
> hopefully will get me on the right track.
> Is there some method of resetting/re-initializing the lock system to
> square one or would that matter.
> WHile I await my CD arrival is there a resource that shows all the
> sequences for this remote. Any help is much apppreciated.
>
>
> B

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:45:18 -0800, Bananaramma wrote:

> I sometimes get a lockin sound but nothin happens, and other times
> all but the driver door locks. There are times when I get a horn
> chirp and all locks go down. Sometimes I try the key manually and
> they all go down and the alarm sets. Other times I go manually and
> can;t even depress the driver door lock.

Indicates to me a "partial lock" is occuring probably due to some
mechanical failure in the drivers door preventing it from fully
locking.

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