On 22/12/2020 09:31, Scion wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 09:18:18 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

One of my remote (Jaguar) key fobs was intermittent and then stopped
altogether. I tried bending the battery contacts, but to no avail. The
least cost option I could find was to send the whole unit to these guys

https://www.automobilelocksmith.co.uk/

With same date recorded postage it ended up at nearly £70. Marshall's
Cambridge wanted £140 + to even LOOK at it.

I sent it Friday pm. It came back today. It works. What more can I say.

Book mark these guys if you have remote key fobs...

Timpson's did me a new (not repaired) Ford fob for around £20 a couple of
years back. OK, it wasn't a "genuine" Ford key but it looked and smelt the
same, and worked just as well as the original.

Thanks. That's another option I considered, but jaguar fobs are not
commonly duplicated, and are always more expensive and I wanted the
'correct' one. And it looks like everything that wears out has been
replaced.

Getting ANYTHING repaired these days is a nightmare. 15 years ago with
better eyesight and access to test gear I'd have done it myself, but I
simply cannot manage surface mount stuff, either in terms of arthritic
paws or eyesight


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