IR Keyfob not working

Dempsey

The IR keyfob has stopped working with the car but the thing is the remote seems to be in working order. The led flashes green/red when you press the buttons and the IR LED seems to be working too but it wont lock/open the car.

Its a Valeo IR keyfob and its a 97 Civic. Anyone any ideas?

I think this is the same system that was on the Rover 600s, unfortunately.......

http://www.remotekey.co.uk/cars/rover/rover-600/faq.asp

Has your key fob stopped working?


The Rover 600 series use the Valeo remote key fob, this has 2 types: infrared and the radio type.
At Remote key Ltd we can only supply the Radio type key fobs. The infrared type has an eye in the front of the remote key fob as shown in the picture on the right.
If the key fob fails to work check the battery. If the little red/green light shows on the key fob, the key fob is still probably working OK but it has lost synchronisation. Once this happens the key fob cannot be re-synchronised and a new key fob will required

Dempsey

RoverJames wrote: »

I think this is the same system that was on the Rover 600s, unfortunately.......

http://www.remotekey.co.uk/cars/rover/rover-600/faq.asp

Has your key fob stopped working?


The Rover 600 series use the Valeo remote key fob, this has 2 types: infrared and the radio type.
At Remote key Ltd we can only supply the Radio type key fobs. The infrared type has an eye in the front of the remote key fob as shown in the picture on the right.
If the key fob fails to work check the battery. If the little red/green light shows on the key fob, the key fob is still probably working OK but it has lost synchronisation. Once this happens the key fob cannot be re-synchronised and a new key fob will required

I seen that but how does a new keyfob get synchronised? Why cant an existing keyfob be resynchronised with your car?

http://www.programyourkeys.com/Honda.html

Would this work or would I cause more problems?

Dempsey

Dempsey wrote: »

I seen that but how does a new keyfob get synchronised? Why cant an existing keyfob be resynchronised with your car?

http://www.programyourkeys.com/Honda.html

Would this work or would I cause more problems?

Don't know to be honest.
Do you have a red key for the Civic?

Dempsey

RoverJames wrote: »

Don't know to be honest.
Do you have a red key for the Civic?

Yea, I have the red key

At the moment you can still lock, unlock and start the car using the key though can't you?

Dempsey

RoverJames wrote: »

At the moment you can still lock, unlock and start the car using the key though can't you?

Yep, no problems there just that the IR keyfob wont do a thing.

LordOfRings

RoverJames wrote: »

Once this happens the key fob cannot be re-synchronised and a new key fob will required

Why you say this .. ? I know that you can reprogramm it with microcheck equipment ...