aniesigh
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Hi all, bit of a long story,
My p38 keyfob played up yesterday while i was playing around with the air suspension. i managed to put some other batterys in it and re-sync it (after alot of swearing) and got it going again. obviously it was unlocked at the time otherwise i couldnt have re-synced.
Today, i went to leave work and my fob wouldnt unlock the car (red light on fob not flashing) so i went back in, tryed different battery combos to no avail, then abit of solder to bulk up the contacts abit and it started working (must have been the problem all along). went back out, still won't unlock car (obviously needs re-syncing)
lock does not manually unlock car (should it? never has done) but once before i did need to enter EKA code after battery being left disconnected and managed to succesfully. so i tryed entering EKA code to get it to unlock but it wouldnt. (dash wasn't requesting EKA)
i then assumed the door lock microswitch is not working in the CW direction as lights only flash when turning ACW
i tryed breaking into car to unlock from inside as i know a way of getting in them, but it just set alarm off so i'm thinking maybe its superlocked?
i then opened bonnet (from underneath) and disconnected battery, when re-connected it is now asking for EKA but still won't accept it (still thinking CW microswitch broken)
so my questions are..
1: is there another easy way to break in with no smashed glass?
2: if battery is disconnected overnight, then re-connected, will it forget it was superlocked? i.e i can try my other way of breaking in
3: if i get a new key from main dealer (have keycare insurance so tempted to just ring up and say i lost key) will it work from the get go or does car need to be unlocked etc?
hope this all makes sense,
any help much appreciated
Adam
My p38 keyfob played up yesterday while i was playing around with the air suspension. i managed to put some other batterys in it and re-sync it (after alot of swearing) and got it going again. obviously it was unlocked at the time otherwise i couldnt have re-synced.
Today, i went to leave work and my fob wouldnt unlock the car (red light on fob not flashing) so i went back in, tryed different battery combos to no avail, then abit of solder to bulk up the contacts abit and it started working (must have been the problem all along). went back out, still won't unlock car (obviously needs re-syncing)
lock does not manually unlock car (should it? never has done) but once before i did need to enter EKA code after battery being left disconnected and managed to succesfully. so i tryed entering EKA code to get it to unlock but it wouldnt. (dash wasn't requesting EKA)
i then assumed the door lock microswitch is not working in the CW direction as lights only flash when turning ACW
i tryed breaking into car to unlock from inside as i know a way of getting in them, but it just set alarm off so i'm thinking maybe its superlocked?
i then opened bonnet (from underneath) and disconnected battery, when re-connected it is now asking for EKA but still won't accept it (still thinking CW microswitch broken)
so my questions are..
1: is there another easy way to break in with no smashed glass?
2: if battery is disconnected overnight, then re-connected, will it forget it was superlocked? i.e i can try my other way of breaking in
3: if i get a new key from main dealer (have keycare insurance so tempted to just ring up and say i lost key) will it work from the get go or does car need to be unlocked etc?
hope this all makes sense,
any help much appreciated
Adam
