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AlisterC

Member Since: 25 Apr 2012
Location: Somerset
Posts: 116

2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Indus Silver

Keyfob battery fixed a problem

Just posting this in case it saves someone some bother...

my central locking and alarm started playing up... when i tried to lock the doors, they re opened and the alarm went off.

Tried a few things, like checking the doors were closed properly, the door and bonnet swtiches were working and lined up etc. Then, after doing a search on here, changed the battery in the keyfob, and hey presto... all working perfectly again.

Just seemed to be a strange symptom for a weak battery. Thought it would just stop working.

I'll let you know if my triumph is short lived, but in the meantime, hope it saves someone a bit of time

13th Jul 2012 8:50pm

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

See in your profile you have a 2011 Puma. So presume you buy the annual service from a main LR dealer as required by the 3 year warranty. Should know that LR prescribes that part of the annual service is the replacement of the fob batteries. Make sure your dealer does that. I have a 2008 Puma and never had fob battery issues, so presume my dealer diligently follows the LR guidelines. I hope they do of course, as never really asked about this

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13th Jul 2012 9:06pm

WelshGas

Member Since: 01 Oct 2010
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Posts: 935

2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black

It would seem that AlisterC had a dud battery as the battery change in the Keyfob is part of the "B" service i.e.: every 24,000 miles or 2 years, according to the service schedule information I have, and if he has a MY 2011 wouldn't have had a "B"service yet unless he is a high milage driver. LANDYWATCH

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14th Jul 2012 4:39am

AlisterC

Member Since: 25 Apr 2012
Location: Somerset
Posts: 116

It's sept 2011 2.4. So no service happened yet

So, it was either a dud battery or I am completely off in my diagnosis, and it was a freak of nature that the problem was fixed by this. Time will tell!

What led me to this was that the spare keyfob worked perfectly

14th Jul 2012 9:02am

WelshGas

Member Since: 01 Oct 2010
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Posts: 935

Probably a dud battery. I don't know if the fobs are made for each vehicle, more likely made in large batches then synced to each vehicle, so the battery could have been live for a while before being selected. As the spare worked OK then unlikely to be the vehicle, more likely the fob or battery and I doubt if they use high quality batteries especially if it is written into the 2 yearly service to CHANGE the batteries automatically. On my wifes MX5 it says to change the battery every 5 years.

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14th Jul 2012 9:41am

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