Remote locking range problem.

CB · Post by CB » Fri Jun 07, 2002 6:08 pm

My remote locking thing (can't think of the proper name!!) only works at a range of 3 metres or less and has done since we got the car. I know its not a battery problem so is this normal?

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bergen · Post by **bergen** » Fri Jun 07, 2002 7:39 pm

yepp... the same here!!

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Jun 07, 2002 7:42 pm

same here. will complain to dealer at 6k service.

worth noting that i never had that problem with my 1st CC and that was 2002 spec so it's nothing to do with that.

denmark · Post by **denmark** » Fri Jun 07, 2002 9:08 pm

same here...

yesterday - for her birthday - we gave my mom a remote for their mazda 626, could easyly lock and unlock the doors from 50 meters away.

maybe the problem is that the transmitter has to be so small that it fits inside the key???

denmark

Auto · Post by **Auto** » Fri Jun 07, 2002 9:54 pm

No no, I think it's a security feature. Haven't you heard of these people who hang around in multi-storey car parks with machines that can pick up the output from remote control keys, duplicate them and break into the car? I am glad that mine only unlocks when I am standing right by the door. The locking works from further away, which is fine to use as you walk away in a hurry.

I don't believe this is a fault. Give the poor dealers a break! (and I'm not one)

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Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sat Jun 08, 2002 12:09 pm

i don't think the short range is a security feature - think about it .....

one button is to flash the hazards without opening the doors to locate the vehicle if you can't see it.....

not a lot of good if you need to find the car in the 1st place for the lights to flash is it ???

CB · Post by CB » Sun Jun 09, 2002 1:24 pm

Well that's what i thought Derek....Kind of defeats the object of having the locator function doesn't it? Has anyone been to their dealer and asked about this?

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sun Jun 09, 2002 5:23 pm

i haven't been yet greg, will wait to the 6k service, 2k to go.

my first CC was fine and would work from quite a distance so it's obviously a fault.

derek

CB · Post by CB » Mon Jun 10, 2002 10:42 am

Well at least now i know. Wasn't too sure about making a fool of myself in a German dealership (haven't had to make a visit yet - luckily!)
Seeing as i'm coming back to the UK (boo!) in august i'll wait till i can be patronised by a British pug-monkey so at least i'll understand their disdain at my lack of any kind of motor-knowledge whatsoever...
Well, that's no quite true - everything i know about motors, i've learnt from this web-site...