Hi there
Sorry for the long delay and thanks for the information! Yes, I am afraid when I heard the term fob from Hyundai I assumed that it must be 'FOB' and I capitalised it for a reason I cannot explain - apologies for that.
Thanks for the info. I will try to piece together what has been happening for the past four months to try to establish a pattern that I can hopefully present to the Hyundai service center when I take the car in again on Thursday. I am going to be an annoying person who just learnt what a BCM is but wants it checked anyway : )
The brief history I am going to give them is as follows: The first time the RAC came out to help me I could not unlock the car with the key fob. They thought it might have something to do with my working near Heathrow airport - there is constant air traffic. So they showed me how to 'fudge' the remote - holding down two buttons until the flickering stopped and then clicking another button. After this procedure the remote seemed to work again, until the next time. This happened twice at work so I assumed it must be the proximity to the airport but then it happened outside my house and since then just about anywhere - no airplane needed.
One particularly cold morning the remote just seemed totally dead. So I changed the batteries and then needed to use the fudge again to get the car open. Did not work that time and once again the RAC people came out and after several attempts we managed to get the car open (fudge finally kicked in).
Since then I have taken the car into the service center in preparation for the drive up to Edinburgh. They said that they changed the batteries in one of the fobs and replaced the other fob. Both worked when I left there but within 3 days the old fob developed a sticky button and I had to remove the batteries (green light came on and I just could not shut it down). That killed any comfort feeling and I could not get a booking at the service center that close to Christmas.
The second fob failed in Edinburgh just before we were meant to drive down. We called RAC out again and the guy really battled to get the car opened but the fudge finally worked after about half an hour of trying. Both fobs are now dead - both seem to have problems which is strange.
I like the car a lot but this is seriously stressing me out and I really hope I have some good news on Thursday.