Subaru flaky remotes - and the solution
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From: Sylvia Else on 21 Jun 2010 21:49 I've posted in the past about how my keyless entry remote keyfobs kept failing. I have three, and they all misbehaved. I tried replacing batteries, I tried adding packing to increase the contact pressure, and nothing worked. Finally, out of frustration, I bought batteries with solder tags, and soldered the batteries to the circuit boards. Net result - perfect reliability. Indeed, by taking a grinding tool to the inside of the fob, I was able to assemble the circuit plus soldered battery (which is larger than the original) back where it belongs. The only remaining question is - why can't Subaru make contacts that work properly. Sylvia.
From: D Walford on 22 Jun 2010 03:44 On 22/06/2010 11:49 AM, Sylvia Else wrote: > I've posted in the past about how my keyless entry remote keyfobs kept > failing. I have three, and they all misbehaved. I tried replacing > batteries, I tried adding packing to increase the contact pressure, and > nothing worked. > > Finally, out of frustration, I bought batteries with solder tags, and > soldered the batteries to the circuit boards. Net result - perfect > reliability. > > Indeed, by taking a grinding tool to the inside of the fob, I was able > to assemble the circuit plus soldered battery (which is larger than the > original) back where it belongs. > > The only remaining question is - why can't Subaru make contacts that > work properly. How old is your Suby? Never had a problem with our 06 Impreza or the current Forester. Mates business has 6 Outbacks and he's never mentioned that problem. Daryl
From: Sylvia Else on 22 Jun 2010 03:59 On 22/06/2010 5:44 PM, D Walford wrote: > On 22/06/2010 11:49 AM, Sylvia Else wrote: >> I've posted in the past about how my keyless entry remote keyfobs kept >> failing. I have three, and they all misbehaved. I tried replacing >> batteries, I tried adding packing to increase the contact pressure, and >> nothing worked. >> >> Finally, out of frustration, I bought batteries with solder tags, and >> soldered the batteries to the circuit boards. Net result - perfect >> reliability. >> >> Indeed, by taking a grinding tool to the inside of the fob, I was able >> to assemble the circuit plus soldered battery (which is larger than the >> original) back where it belongs. >> >> The only remaining question is - why can't Subaru make contacts that >> work properly. > > How old is your Suby? > Never had a problem with our 06 Impreza or the current Forester. > Mates business has 6 Outbacks and he's never mentioned that problem. > > > Daryl It's a 2001 model Liberty, which we've had since it was new. The problem seemed somewhat worse in cold weather, but expriments involving putting the fobs into a fridge didn't produce any obvious result. From time to time, I disassembled the fobs and put them back together. They invariably worked after reassembly, only to fail again later. Sylvia.
From: Dingo on 22 Jun 2010 04:14 On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:49:39 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia(a)not.here.invalid> wrote: >I've posted in the past about how my keyless entry remote keyfobs kept >failing. I have three, and they all misbehaved. I tried replacing >batteries, I tried adding packing to increase the contact pressure, and >nothing worked. > >Finally, out of frustration, I bought batteries with solder tags, and >soldered the batteries to the circuit boards. Net result - perfect >reliability. > >Indeed, by taking a grinding tool to the inside of the fob, I was able >to assemble the circuit plus soldered battery (which is larger than the >original) back where it belongs. > >The only remaining question is - why can't Subaru make contacts that >work properly. I've had the same problem with the remote for my 2001 Astra - thought it was the battery running down but then put some packing in to keep the innards connected and it works okay. My second remote for the Astra failed long ago and can do nothing to get it to work. NB I have a 2001 Astra CD manual with 105,000 kms for sale in near north-west Sydney - exterior a bit marked in places but still goes like a dream. Anyone guess how much I should ask for it privately? Thanks.
From: Clocky on 22 Jun 2010 07:22
Dingo wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:49:39 +1000, Sylvia Else > <sylvia(a)not.here.invalid> wrote: > >> I've posted in the past about how my keyless entry remote keyfobs >> kept failing. I have three, and they all misbehaved. I tried >> replacing batteries, I tried adding packing to increase the contact >> pressure, and nothing worked. >> >> Finally, out of frustration, I bought batteries with solder tags, and >> soldered the batteries to the circuit boards. Net result - perfect >> reliability. >> >> Indeed, by taking a grinding tool to the inside of the fob, I was >> able to assemble the circuit plus soldered battery (which is larger >> than the original) back where it belongs. >> >> The only remaining question is - why can't Subaru make contacts that >> work properly. > > I've had the same problem with the remote for my 2001 Astra - thought > it was the battery running down but then put some packing in to keep > the innards connected and it works okay. My second remote for the > Astra failed long ago and can do nothing to get it to work. > > NB I have a 2001 Astra CD manual with 105,000 kms for sale in near > north-west Sydney - exterior a bit marked in places but still goes > like a dream. Anyone guess how much I should ask for it privately? > Thanks. $6000, and expect to drop from there. |