Over the last few weeks the ignition key for my 996.1 had become more and more intermittent as to whether it worked or not, the LED was lighting up on button press, but sometimes not unlocking the car :sad:
Well tonight it just didn`t want to work at all, LED lighting up but not unlocking the car howerer I pointed the key, despite having a new battery :nooo:
I resigned myself to the fact that I`d have to get a new key and get it coded, say £300 or so :nooo:
Me being an engineer decided to open said key up and have a look under a magnifying glass. The tiny little microswitch solder point was cracked on one side, so out with the soldering Iron, refreshed the solder for a nice solid joint, decided to refresh the solder on the battery +/- solder joints as well.
Lo and behold, key working perfectly again :thumbs:
The moral of the story, just because your key button doesn`t work anymore despite the LED flashing, all may not be lost, take it apart and have a good look under a magnifying glass, it might be a 15 minute job to fix it and save yourself £300 odd :thumb:
Well tonight it just didn`t want to work at all, LED lighting up but not unlocking the car howerer I pointed the key, despite having a new battery :nooo:
I resigned myself to the fact that I`d have to get a new key and get it coded, say £300 or so :nooo:
Me being an engineer decided to open said key up and have a look under a magnifying glass. The tiny little microswitch solder point was cracked on one side, so out with the soldering Iron, refreshed the solder for a nice solid joint, decided to refresh the solder on the battery +/- solder joints as well.
Lo and behold, key working perfectly again :thumbs:
The moral of the story, just because your key button doesn`t work anymore despite the LED flashing, all may not be lost, take it apart and have a good look under a magnifying glass, it might be a 15 minute job to fix it and save yourself £300 odd :thumb:
