jwaldron
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Hi guys....
I have a 97 Auto DSE p38. I'll try and be as short as I can whilst providing as much info as possible.
This is the second time this has happened, and both times I don't really know how IT or I fixed it... but I want to find out what the fault is so I don't get stuck or get the wife stuck somewhere.
1) Stopped at a supermarket, parked up, got out and locked with fob. (Dogs left in boot as normal, never an issue).
2) Returned to car, key fob wont open car and no sign of activation. Key in Driver lock would only open driver door and boot (boot unlocking was strange), key won't then start car, Engine Disabled message and press remote or enter EK code on dash;
3) I didn't have EK code on me so tried the fob again (in hope) - nothing.
4) Got out, locked door and tried again; same thing. This time I checked that locking with key was activating the lock on the boot, which It did, bit nothing else.
5) Got impatient and started locking and unlocking car with key (each time the car double beeped. This would happen when opening and closing every door except the rear passenger one(no idea if that has any significance).
6)After about 3 or 4 attempts of constantly unlocking and locking the car with key (no idea what I was hopping to achieve)... the dash beeped and said Lockout (wife waving at me frantically at this point).
6) After a sinking feeling, I put the key in the ignition and the car started. I wasn't expecting that at all. Since then things have been (cross fingers... fine). The car has been shut down twice since (locked with fob) and has opened on request. Once almost instantly after the lock, the other about 2hrs after... so for now things are fixed.
My worry is that this will happen again with my pregnant wife and strand here somewhere.
These things can't fix themselves can they?
I have done a full search on this forum and read through 6 pages of these faults. All have a common issue (key fob not working) but NONE show it fixing itself, and only about 2 have any actual feedback as to the actual fix that worked. The ones that do are for Petrol V8's which end up with Sync boxes - but this is a dirty lovely Derv 2.5.
Any ideas or help?
I have a 97 Auto DSE p38. I'll try and be as short as I can whilst providing as much info as possible.
This is the second time this has happened, and both times I don't really know how IT or I fixed it... but I want to find out what the fault is so I don't get stuck or get the wife stuck somewhere.
1) Stopped at a supermarket, parked up, got out and locked with fob. (Dogs left in boot as normal, never an issue).
2) Returned to car, key fob wont open car and no sign of activation. Key in Driver lock would only open driver door and boot (boot unlocking was strange), key won't then start car, Engine Disabled message and press remote or enter EK code on dash;
3) I didn't have EK code on me so tried the fob again (in hope) - nothing.
4) Got out, locked door and tried again; same thing. This time I checked that locking with key was activating the lock on the boot, which It did, bit nothing else.
5) Got impatient and started locking and unlocking car with key (each time the car double beeped. This would happen when opening and closing every door except the rear passenger one(no idea if that has any significance).
6)After about 3 or 4 attempts of constantly unlocking and locking the car with key (no idea what I was hopping to achieve)... the dash beeped and said Lockout (wife waving at me frantically at this point).
6) After a sinking feeling, I put the key in the ignition and the car started. I wasn't expecting that at all. Since then things have been (cross fingers... fine). The car has been shut down twice since (locked with fob) and has opened on request. Once almost instantly after the lock, the other about 2hrs after... so for now things are fixed.
My worry is that this will happen again with my pregnant wife and strand here somewhere.
These things can't fix themselves can they?
I have done a full search on this forum and read through 6 pages of these faults. All have a common issue (key fob not working) but NONE show it fixing itself, and only about 2 have any actual feedback as to the actual fix that worked. The ones that do are for Petrol V8's which end up with Sync boxes - but this is a dirty lovely Derv 2.5.
Any ideas or help?
