Car Will Not Lock Using The Fob

Barratt1982 · November 24, 2012

Hi, strangley this evening my car has decided it wont lock itself using the fob. i tried the spare too thinking it maybe the Battery but alas same result. it wont auto lock itself either... anyone else had these problems?

ChrisIS200SportTTE · November 24, 2012

Yeah I did but not on my Lexus, on my Honda.

Took it to the dealer who re coded all my keys for me. Don't know why they lost calibration, I didn't ask, I was in a rush and late for a funeral! :(

They tried to charge me £60 a key tho.... Got them all done (3) for £60 after some strong words to the service manager.

Barratt1982 · November 25, 2012

And all of a sudden they both work fine this morning!!!! how bizarre... maybe some kind of receiver interferance??

panya · November 25, 2012

Yh I hav the same problem too , work fine few hours later, speak to lexus hedge they said may need reprogram the key and they would charge bout £60 for it , lucky it work for now!

ChrisIS200SportTTE · November 25, 2012

I've read a few reports on there being interference from overhead electrical wires. Don't know how much truth there is in it.

Were you parked near an electricity pylon?

LexIS200Sport · November 26, 2012

This exact thing happened to me in a car park in Barcelona... the one next to the central coach station to be exact.

Basically, I parked the car, picked up my bags, pushed the button on the key... and nothing! I brought a spare key along and it wouldn't work either!

The central-locking on the car still worked tough, so I just locked it manually using the key barrel on the door, as I was about to catch a coach to Madrid.

When I returned to the car three days later, I tried unlocking it once again using the buttons on the key... and again, there was no response.

After driving out of the car park, and stopping by at one of the services along the highway, guess what, it worked this time!!

And it has continued to work ever since... go figure