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Got a Vivaro van and the remote had always required a little bit of pushing to unlock and switch the alarm off but was never a problem. Until now... Come to unlock it and it won't have it. Thought it was the battery so got a new one. Nope.
When I split the casing to put the battery in and have a look at the actual switches on the pcb the 'off' one doesn't click. The 'on' does have a click and still work. An LED lights up as it does.
This is my only key for the van. Anybody know if it possible to get a new one coded to it with it in its present state? Any suggestions/advice very welcome.
Ta.
Isn't there a manual over-ride, to at least get you in?
(On my car it's a mechanical lock on the underside of the passenger side door handle)
Not that I know of. If I open it manually the alarm goes off.
There are services that offer to re-body your key for you & cna also solder on replacement switches if the originals are knackered like yours appear to be. This is referrign to Mercedes services I've seen but I'm sure that most/all marques are catered for. Have a Google?
If you're happy splitting down the key yourself then potentially this is something you could have a go at, depending on soldering knowledge and part availability?
Master key should open the car with alarm not going off . At least it does on my car. No master key - hmm
Its probably a buggered micro switch jobby. I've just replaced mine which did same (vivaro)
Cheap enough on eBay but need to be soldered if you've got the skills/feeling brave.
Edit, too slow/what he said ^^
Don't know your van but with mine, getting the key into the ignition stops the alarm going off. With some others, you need to actually set the ignition
Simon, I've sent you a text.
On a car i had you turned the key the opposite way to opening the door first for a few seconds which disabled the alarm before opening the door
I got mine fixed by these guys: http://www.automobilelocksmith.co.uk/
Good as new
Thanks everybody. Got a plan of action now. Cheers.