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(Message started by: ernijev on Jan 16^th, 2009, 9:37pm)

Title: Remote control does not work
Post by ernijev on Jan 16^th, 2009, 9:37pm

Hellow!

I had just replace the battery from my remote control the old have already been sucked. Now I have a problem because remote control does not work any more.
Should I have to reprogram it somehow or what?
I am talking about F. Scorpio 95 .

Plese help!

Title: Re: Remote control does not work
Post by homer2themax on Jan 16^th, 2009, 9:40pm

Could I possibly be the first to reply to this????
Follow the instructions given here http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/remote.htm
Worked perfectly for me!

Title: Re: Remote control does not work
Post by ernijev on Jan 17^th, 2009, 12:01am

Thank you homer2themax I will try these tomorrow.

Title: Re: Remote control does not work
Post by phatt98 on Jan 22^nd, 2009, 9:42am

on 01/16/09 at 21:40:58, homer2themax wrote:

Could I possibly be the first to reply to this????
Follow the instructions given here http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/remote.htm
Worked perfectly for me!

Me too... I replaced the batteries first and it still failed to work... next I used a pencil eraser to clean the contacts on the circuit board and tried a kitchen anti-bacterial surface spray on the graphite contacts of the rubber buttons - worked an absolute treat... and saved me between £45 - £95 buying a new fob ;)

Title: Re: Remote control does not work
Post by Waglet on Jan 22^nd, 2009, 10:29am

I had to replace mine, no amount of cleaning persuassion worked! I was lucky to get one on eBay (had to be patient and wait for the right 'deal'). Got an almost new one for £15.00. Result! :D Once I followed the re-prog guide above worked a treat.

Title: Re: Remote control does not work
Post by TomP on Jan 25^th, 2009, 10:07pm

I've just changed the batteries on mine and reprogrammed as described, which worked OK.

However, I'm still finding though that the remote doesn't always work. The lock is worse than the unlock. I've cleaned up the PCB with acetone (it was quite dirty) but that hasn't made any difference. It will work 3 or 4 times in a row, then it won't work. Sometimes if I want to lock, I press the unlock a couple of times again, then lock.

What's this intermittent problem likely to be?

Title: Re: Remote control does not work
Post by scorp29 on Feb 2^nd, 2009, 10:55pm

TomP, same thing by me and it got worse over time until a complete malfunction.
The charcoal buttons seem to loose contact as they get older. Took aluminum foil from the kitchen, made nice round pads and glued them on with superglue.
After this the remote works perfectly again.