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: Car won't start


majik755
03-20-2010, 03:37 PM
Cleaned up my XLR and rove it a while today. Went to go to dinner and the door wouldn't open, the red light on the door lock lit and stayed lit when I tried to open it, then it wouldn't open. tried again and the door opened, the the car would not start. The DIC says NO FOB DETECTED. The car then auto locked and I couldn't open the door to get out. The top was down so I climbed out. Tried the second FOB, same thing. I'm baffled...

XLR I FL
03-20-2010, 07:08 PM
Try and use the pocket in the glove box for your FOB. It has a limp home feature and place the FOB close to the receiver.

If that works replace the FOB batteries and see if all is well.

majik755
03-20-2010, 07:12 PM
YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS!!!!

Frustrated, I returned to my Living Room (which is directly above the garage). Was now ticked off and late for dinner so grabbed the keys to my wife's SUV. Picked up the TV remote, turned off the TV, and then picked up the remote to my fancy TV lift cabinet to lower the TV (wife hates seeing the tV when not in use). Then I noticed the lift remote which is RF not IR was stuck in the "on" or "up" position. I unstuck the key and lowered the TV. A a lark, on the way out I tried the XLR, it opened and started like nothing was wrong. When I returned from dinner I went upstairs, got the RF lift control. Sure enough when I held it in the "on" position I could not unlock the car. Turned it off it opened. Likewise with the car starting, if I held the RF control "on" the car would not start! XLR owners beware, RF frequency controls disable our cars fob electronics...go figure. Bet i cold drive everyone crazy if I showed up to one of the XLR group meets with my TV lift controller