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Old 11-27-2014, 02:38 PM
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Hi fellow xk nuts any ideas my remote locks-unlocks intermittently sometimes close up sometimes from distance sometimes never boot opens every time
Changed battery's now baffled any help please
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Sometimes the original remotes get flakey because the conductive coating on the contact side of the rubber buttons and/or the copper trace on its pc board oxidize and don't make contact well. The conductive surfaces can be cleaned up with a pink pencil eraser and then a Q-Tip and iso alcohol.

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Old 11-28-2014, 04:01 PM
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That might have worked fingers crossed many thanks
 
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