Battery change / no remote locking

[COLVERT]

Originally Posted by Gman2

Changed the car battery but remote locking not working now but everything else is. Tried the recommended resynch but no joy - any ideas peeps?

Was the resynch you mention the one where you stand close to the car and press the fob button more than four times ?????

[Gman2]

It's the resynch according to the manual ie doors shut but unlocked then press the fob x 4 in quick succession. Actually I've had a forum search and noticed that Mofo had a similar issue with the windows. It's the aircon that I'm more worried about. I can't believe you get all these niggling probs after just changing a car battery

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by Gman2

This is getting more bizarre - my front window opening has been reversed so the left button opens the right window and vice versa. Also my aircon has stopped blowing cold You reckon a T4 session for a reset?

Most definitely, this is EXACTLY what happened to Chris's (MOFO) car, and what a pain in the backside it was too. No amount of battery disconnect tomfoolery will help here, the BCU is well & truly confused, and the T4 magic wand is required to beat the gremlins.
Have fun, shame you're not closer, as this I can do easily now
Brian

[ZedTeeTee]

Originally Posted by Gman2

This is getting more bizarre - my front window opening has been reversed so the left button opens the right window and vice versa. Also my aircon has stopped blowing cold You reckon a T4 session for a reset?

Deja vu matey - nearly the same as mine, as MarinaBrian stated. (My aircon was not working at the time so cannot say it is linked, but loss of Remote and windows reversed is the same) Let me see if I can find the thread...

Tis the T4 trickery you need!!

[ZedTeeTee]

Here is the thread where it happened to me!

[Intruder]

I dont have any strange gremlins like the windows.. does that mean (as I sorted of half expected) BCU has gone **** up?
If so, what's the cheapest solution ?

[ZedTeeTee]

Originally Posted by Intruder

I dont have any strange gremlins like the windows.. does that mean (as I sorted of half expected) BCU has gone **** up?
If so, what's the cheapest solution ?

I wouldn't bank on anything without a T4 session - you may have a fault code just waiting to be discovered that will shed light on the situation.

When the issues happened to me, no one had a definite answer, until the T4 session revealed things. I would still reckon that should be your next port of call.

[scorpio stu]

Now I'm concerned as I need to change the car battery as its had it but don't want and can't afford to go through all this hassle..What do I do ??

[ZedTeeTee]

Originally Posted by scorpio stu

Now I'm concerned as I need to change the car battery as its had it but don't want and can't afford to go through all this hassle..What do I do ??

To be honest Stu, there's no way to say for certain that this will, or won't, happen. There is a thread about hooking in a battery charger / jumpstart (?) to keep everything running while the battery is disconnected so it might be worth trying to find that.

As with everything on this forum, you only get to hear of the times it has gone wrong, there must be thousands of battery changes that have gone without a hitch, but we never discuss those

I'll see if I can find that thread

[bassman]

Originally Posted by scorpio stu

Now I'm concerned as I need to change the car battery as its had it but don't want and can't afford to go through all this hassle..What do I do ??

I linked up jump leads to a second battery from the battery leads,(while connected to old battery)

then removed the battery leads from the battery to be changed(make sure jump leads dont jump off),

then (when new battery was in place)replaced the battery leads on the new battery and tightened them up..

then removed jump leads

It might pay you to tape them on so they cant jump off, but leave the nuts/bolts clear...


seems a lot of words "battery" and "leads" in this paragraph, but hope its understandable