Gareth
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I've been having a few problems with my key over the past week. Often it would take several attempts to unlock the car, and a message informing me to insert key to charge the battery on the message center.
Anyway, after getting locked out again today, I called in at Guy Salmon Stockport, and they took the car into the workshop to try and diagnose the problem. There was no immediate problem found, but I had a photo of the error message to back up the claim.
Credit to GS, they are ordering a new key, and should be able to program it when the car goes in for its MOT next week 
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 14th Nov 2007 9:53 pm |
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CY
Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
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Gareth wrote: the car goes in for its MOT next week
Scary thought - MOT time already  2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE G4 Challenge (1 of 68)
2023 Defender 90 D250 X-Dynamic HSE
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| 14th Nov 2007 9:59 pm |
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John C
Member Since: 28 Aug 2007
Location: East Yorkshire
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Is this a key you don't use very often? I don't know what the battery technology in the fob is and whether the battery suffers from memory problems? Lots of short charging cycles, or leaving discharged for a long while, can chemically affect some battery types (think 80's remote controlled cars). Perhaps that's the issue. 2020 SDV6 D5 HSE, Carpathian Grey +
2022 Tesla Model Y LR... almost Carpathian Grey
Previously : 2005 TDV6 SE Auto, Cairns Blue (288K) - ours for 16 years
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| 15th Nov 2007 9:08 am |
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Gareth
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No, its the main key. it gets used lots daily. I suspect the battery has just died after nearly 90k.
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| 15th Nov 2007 9:29 am |
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