Rover RCL fob

Sounds like the battery went flat - the fob starts locking intermittantly (needing two or more presses to lock) as a low battery warning. Have you followed the procedure for re-syncronising the fob after changing the battery? I don't have my manual to hand, but it's something along the lines of - lock car with key, then press the 'lock' button on the remote four times, a few seconds between each press. The fobs appear to do nothing until this procedure is followed, so that might be it. As I recall these fobs are bloody expensive, something like eighty quid. You can buy a refurb kit (case and buttons only) for a fiver so the innards must be worth salvaging, and there are usually a few going on ebay. New or old, you would have to get a Rover dealer to marry the replacement fob to the car.

hi yes followed the procedure in book, ie unlock with key then operate lock button on handset at least 4 times. still no luck. thanks anyway

Prepare yourself for a shock, a replacement key fob is around £90 from the Rover main dealer. I paid £85 eighteen months ago!

Transmitter £51.13 Labour £21.20 Vat £12.66 Total £84.99 Remote key fobs are the biggest rip-off in the universe. They probably cost well under a pound to manufacture and when they reach the customer, the mark up is nothing short of obscene.

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HTH tox

intermittantly

Hmm. Might just be worth taking the battery out, give it and the contacts a good clean, put it back and try resyncing again a few times - you've got nothing to lose, I don't think it's possible to fix them if broken. I seem to recall it's fussy on the timing of the button presses, and I usually didn't get it first time, but it's well over a year since I changed batteries. If no joy there are a few on ebay at the moment - I assume your spare fob is working and you're not immobile?