Remote key fob repairable?

Remote key fob repairable?

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tight fart

Original Poster:

3,078 posts

280 months

Thursday 12th September
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Key fob has stopped working, I thought battery but when I opened it up it’s corroded.
Land Rover quoted £700 for a replacement.
My skills will stop at giving it a good squirt of switch cleaner and a gentle brush.

GreenV8S

30,479 posts

291 months

Thursday 12th September
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You've nothing to lose by trying. Best case scenario is that water has caused corrosion and left enough contamination to stop the logic working.

Worst case the electronics have been destroyed by corrosion or by electrical damage due to the external contamination. In that case it's probably beyond economic repair unless you have a tame electronics engineer intimately familiar with these things.

vikingaero

11,221 posts

176 months

Friday 13th September
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I've used these chaps in Leicester about a dozen times:

https://www.remotekeyfobs.co.uk/

11 times by post, once in person. Another PH'er reported that they used them and it was good service for them.

Other similar places available on Google.

ssray

1,142 posts

232 months

Friday 13th September
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At £700 for a replacement, it's worth letting someone have a go at it first

finlo

3,840 posts

210 months

Friday 13th September
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New ones are available on Ebay starting from around £14.

boyse7en

7,115 posts

172 months

Friday 13th September
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Stopped working in what way? Completely dead? Or some of the buttons work/some don't. It could be one of the microswitches has gone, and they can usually be replaced.

If you have replaced the battery, do you have to "pair" it back with the car? (My Saab needs you to put key in ignition, turn to start position, turn it off and withdraw the key in order for the remote unlock to work after replacing the battery)