starting the car with just a blade

[macafee2]

Originally Posted by Lincoln Green

Hi Ian. Last winter when mornings were dark the headlights on that car would often flicker without being switched on when starting it. After checking threads realised battery was duff and that was when I bought the new one. Don't know if any damages were done by those starting attempts as jump leads were usually required. New battery seemed to have cured it but it did to me again once or twice after that. Did read that start attempts with too low battery can cause eeprom corruption but I don'tknow if that would be intermittent or not. If you do need to change battery just let me know.
Pete.

Pete, thank you appreciate it. I am a bit puzzled and at one point thought the battery was duff but now am not sure. I put the battery into the car after it having been off charge for well over a week to see what would happen.
I'll ponder a bit more but may take you up on your offer

macafee2

[clf]

Maybe I have read this incorrectly, but the car should not be able to start without the transponder fitted (or have it within an inch or so of the barrel).

Are the keys on the same key ring? If so this could explain why it started - ie the receiver 'picked up' the transponder from the other key

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[macafee2]

Originally Posted by clf

Maybe I have read this incorrectly, but the car should not be able to start without the transponder fitted (or have it within an inch or so of the barrel).

Are the keys on the same key ring? If so this could explain why it started - ie the receiver 'picked up' the transponder from the other key

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keys not on same ring but both were in the car

macafee2

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