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...

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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.

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


--
"Women actually are capable of being far more than the feminists will
let them."

On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 09:48:39 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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

I bought a microscope to do that, luckily no arthritus (yet).

In article ,
jon wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 09:48:39 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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

I bought a microscope to do that, luckily no arthritus (yet).

Most common reason here for a remote to stop working (other than the
battery) is the switches. 'Tactile' types, and easily replaced. New cases
can be bought for most on Ebay.

But several offer to fix it.

--
*Therapy is expensive, poppin' bubble wrap is cheap! You choose.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 22/12/2020 10:53, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:


Most common reason here for a remote to stop working (other than the
battery) is the switches. 'Tactile' types, and easily replaced. New cases
can be bought for most on Ebay.

+1

£10 to £25 for Jaguar clones on eBay. Never bought a Jag one but the
ones that I have for other cars have been indistinguishable to my eye.

On 22/12/2020 10:53, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
jon wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 09:48:39 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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

I bought a microscope to do that, luckily no arthritus (yet).

Most common reason here for a remote to stop working (other than the
battery) is the switches. 'Tactile' types, and easily replaced. New cases
can be bought for most on Ebay.

But several offer to fix it.

Sadly the chance that ALL the switches would fail simultaneously, as
well as the ability to be recognised by the remote ignition switch was
so low that I did not consider it likely. It had already been recased.

One of the benefits of having a brain and a degree in electrical
engineering is that one can diagnose electrical faults using something a
shade better than guesswork.

But since both are terra incognita to you, Dave, you will have to take
that on trust.


--
Microsoft : the best reason to go to Linux that ever existed.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
In article ,
jon wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 09:48:39 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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

I bought a microscope to do that, luckily no arthritus (yet).

Most common reason here for a remote to stop working (other than the
battery) is the switches. 'Tactile' types, and easily replaced. New cases
can be bought for most on Ebay.

Yes, I've done that with Citroen C5 and C6 ones, very simple.

--
Chris Green
·

In uk.d-i-y "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
Most common reason here for a remote to stop working (other than the
battery) is the switches. 'Tactile' types, and easily replaced. New cases
can be bought for most on Ebay.

Beyond the switch, the battery and the plastic case there's not much else to go
wrong. All of those parts are available (may have to fish around ebay or
Aliexpress for the case).

If you lose it, there may be a procedure to pair a used ebay fob with the
car, either via OBD or some other process (google 'toyota chicken dance').
DYOR.

Theo