406 Hdi Remote Control - No good!!

Hello. My adventure with the remote control of my '99 406 hdi SW keeps on going. New batery, the light in the key works fine, but no locking or unlocking the door. Yesterday, after about 3 weeks without working (i use my car everyday) it suddently started to work. I felt happy. Maybe it was good again... But no. It worked for four times (Unlock-Lock-Unlock-Lock) and then nothing. If it was really damaged, i think it would'nt work at all. Any suggestions on why sometimes it´s fine? Thanks in advanced

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I don't profess to understand the workings of the 406 electrics, they are far too complex for my feeble brain, and I am sure that my experience is going to be far too simple a solution in your case.

However, when I had a whole lot of trouble with my wife's key it turned out to be due to the minute little plastic finger that holds the battery in place being partly broken. It was like a loose tooth, just wobbling about and not holding the battery rigidly. I fixed it by building a mountain of body filler around the side to support it. Never had any more trouble with it.

Cire

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Cire

Thanks for your hel+. I guess you are referring to the light in the remote control. There´s no problem there. it works just fine. I´m guessing the problem must be in the receiver, 'cos sometimes it works (like this weekend) and sometimes it doesn´t. I´m starting to get very disappointed... Any ideias?

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