Amanda Riphnykhazova skrev:
I suppose this thread looks a bit troll like if viewed as a ' the frequency
isnt the important bit, it's the codes which matter' question.

But what I am being told is that the reason I cant simply order a new fob is
because (as I said) technology has moved on and security companies arent
doing things that way now. I accept that there werent just a few
possibilities then and potentially millions now.

What this probably means is that there were a lot of those fob's made
20 years ago, but there are not in stock anymore.

You are in the same situation as somebody looking for an oilpump for
1926 Oldsmobile Mariana. (Fictional car) They still make oilpumps, but
they don't fit a 1926 Oldsmobile.

BTW I didn't understand the bit where I said that I have a lost fob and the
perceived wisdom was "put fresh batteries in the bit you have lost, put that
lost bit which you are trying to replace next to an Android phone with WiFi
Analyser installed, and start pushing buttons on the bit which isnt there"

I think you gave the impression that you have lost one fob, but have
another.
In this case there often is an (obscure) way to learn the car to accept
a new key,when you have the old.
If you don't have any FOBs you are probably lost.

(Unlike newer cars, where bad guys can get the equipment to re-program
the car to accept new keys, and do it in few seconds, so the insurance
company can claim that you have been careless with your keys and refuse
payment

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1...w-in-3-minutes
)

If it's only for locking and unlocking the doors, and you can do that
from inside the car, you can just get an aftermarket remote lock kit,
like this one from ebay.com, for £22.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/191308687471

For little more, you can get complete immobilizer and alarm systems,
but perhaps you need to get somebody with the proper skills to mount it
:-)

Leif

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