Key fob not working, car won't start, alarm going off

[Schofield117]

Hello,

I found the below post from last year by Ballso, and this morning I have had the same problem. My Peugeot 206 (03 Reg) would not open with the key fob, so I opened the door using the key which sets off the alarm. I turned the key in the ignition but there was nothing, the car wouldn't start. The alarm stopped a few times and then restarted, but eventually stopped!

If Ballso is still around on here, I wondered whether changing the battery in your key fob did in fact solve the problem? I am going to try that later, but I don't understand why that would stop the car from starting.

Any other advice would be appreciated.

Thanks


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by Ballso » Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:43 pm

Hi all,

I've just been out to the car and I noticed when I tried to remotely unlock it via the key fob (old style, two buttons, no LED) that nothing happened. I thought I might've left it unlocked, but nope. I manually unlocked the car and the alarm starting going off, so I put the keys into the ignition and turned to de-activate it. Then I tried to start the car to no avail, there is just no response. Occasionally, the dash lights might come on, but then they go off and I still can't start the car. Tried several times of locking, then unlocking the car and each time the alarm has gone off and I've had to deactivate it.

I've had to leave the car as it is and have manually locked it (after several times of the alarm going off again intermittently). I'm non plussed as to what is going on. It's never happened before, and the car was used yesterday and the key fob worked and everything.

Can anyone suggest what the issue might be?Ballso

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