This has never worked really well on this car. Cleaned remotes, new batteries installed, still you have to be almost on top of the car before locks open. I checked archives. Is this one of those cars that needs the receiver turned 180 deg.? Is there anything in the receiver that needs cleaned? Thanks.
Pete Geurds Douglassville, PA
Where are you using the remote? In my own driveway with my '97 SL2 I can operate the remote from nearly 100 ft away. In a parking lot, surrounded by giant SUVs and trucks, the remote won't work until I'm almost next to the car.
If there is electrical interference in the area that could also cause problems.
-- Bob Henry
It also might be time to get a new transmitter. I have 97 sl2 also and it became weaker and weaker as they years went by. I tried cleaning, new batteries, etc. also and it still wouldn't work until I was very close to the car.
Bought a new remote last year and the "problem" fixed it self right away.
When you say "never worked really well", are you saying that it hasn't been working since '97?? If so, let the dealer look at it. A new transmitter is like $40 or so.
cdo
Thanks for the replies. I'm probably at the point where I need a new remote. The car was a couple years old when we got it. Remotes worked but didn't compare well to some other cars. (My 2003 Chevy truck has a remote that works from a couple hundred feet away.) I've done the cleaning and new battery thing a few times now and don't think that's the whole answer.
Pete Geurds Douglassville, PA
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