Car Remote Fob in the Washing? - How to Fix!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 เม.ย. 2021
- My car key / fob went through a full washing machine wash and spin dry and stopped working. Here I show how I brought them back to life! Not always guaranteed but this has worked a couple of times for me on different cars. This time it was my Jaguar / Land rover keys for the F-Pace. All fully working again now. Please subscribe if you find it useful.
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My sister went into the pool with my fob. 😂😂😂 We were nearly stranded. Used the emergency key position to start the car. Next day i watched your video, which is today. Boom, the key works again. I just opened it and dried it up. Thanks for sharing, if i knew yesterday that I could open it up and dried it, i could have saved myself some drama because it looked like we stole car. The alarms in the car were screaming at times and we could not stop them because the key was not functioning.
Nice when a bit of DIY saves a bit of money. Check the cars manual about turning off the alarm I think there is normally some key turns to enter a numbered code to turn it off.
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Thanks for this tip, wash it a year ago and then couldn't get to work, having followed your video the fob is now up and working again. Long health and happiness to you.
Amazing, good to read.
I used this instruction today for my 2014 Jeep and it worked! Thank you! Replacing these is a small fortune of not only money but also stress - which you saved me both!
Great
The best video save yet, thanks so much for posting. Dropped my wife's key fob into my drink and could not find the extra fob. Her car was stranded about 8 miles from home. this worked and saved me some serious grief. Thanks so much.
Great. Thanks!
Wow! Thank you…it worked. You saved me a lot of money.
Nice!
Thank you for this video! I realized mine was in the pocket of my jeans after the wash had begun agitating but before the spin cycle -- so there was a lot of water but not too much friction just yet. I knew I needed to remove the circuit board, but was afraid of damaging it in doing so -- but thanks to your video I knew how to remove it.
I have been saving up those desiccant packets that come with stuff you buy (for this type of purpose, in case I ever needed to dry out electronics exposed to water). So I sandwiched the circuit board between two of those, and sandwiched the battery between two of them, and left it overnight to dry (and I dried off the rest of the unit with a paper towel). We live in the desert, so that helped a lot. I didn't wind up with any corrosion to the unit, so I didn't need to do any extra steps... and today the key fob works!! Thank you so much!
Well done, thanks for the comments.
Yesterday my boyfriend dropped his car keys in water and he took the keys to someone who charged him R950 for reprogramming the key but they negotiated the price and he paid R300 but when he got to the car...key didn't work and when he went back to the guy,he said my boyfriend should bring R2800 for a new key...as we were busy thinking of what to do...I went on google and Google referred me to this video.Am coming back here to say thank you Mr for this video..my boyfriend is driving his car now and everything is fine...thank you so much 🙏this video saved us R2800 thank God
Great, thanks for the feedback. Spread the word please for more views. 😊
Thank you for this. Got in the pool with the car key in my pocket some months ago. Shop said they couldnt do anything about it anymore. This saved my key (and wallet). Thank you!
Great.
You absolute legend. My wife’s Eqvoqie key stopped working after getting water in fob. Been looking into replacements which are ££££ your video worked. If you’re ever in Cornwall, I owe you a beer!
Cheers. I am in Cornwall soon! ;)
Thank you thank you, dealer here in Toronto was quoting me 800 plus taxes for a replacement and reprogramming, thanks to your vid I replaced the battery for 3 bucks, dried out my fob with some tissue and it's working just fine. Can't thank you enough.
Good to know! I seem to be saving people a lot of money with this video. Just wish I could monetise all the savings in my direction! lol. Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much for this video, got my key fob working again without having to get a new one from dealership which can be expensive.
Great well done, glad it helped.
Thanks so much for posting this video! A new fob was going to cost $700 here in Canada.
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Saved me a new key fob thank you so much for the helpful video!
Glad it helped.
Thank you so much for saving the car opener thingy! It works again! Changed the battery too.
Great and well done to you too.
Thank you very much my friend. You just saved me £200. Mobile mechanic told me new key immobilisier bla bla, just opened up my self some wd40 cleaned and worked perfectly. Thank you 1000 times
Thanks
Thank you for saving me from a full wash and heat dried one 🙏🏾
Glad it helped
Thank you very much. You just saved my life lol. I used WD-40 and a toothbrush, and it worked instantly I was getting absolutely nothing.
Great!
Great thank you, saved my key, had tried everything else & this worked!
Good to know!
Thank you!! Im up at my cabin, 1 hour away from any town. My key felt at the lake... 😅 I thought I would have to call AAA but you save the day thabks again!
Great! Glad to help.
Thanks for sharing! Had to laugh a bit at the "this has worked a couple of times for me on different cars". I'm not feeling so bad now...
Yes it’s one each now for me and the wife! Just fixed a mini one.
Mine accidently went thru a drying cycle. Looks like it's beyond an easy repair. I might have to try programming a new one :( Live and learn...
Great, my key was not working after a wash but I tried this and now it's good again. That's saved me £170 on a new key 🔑 👍
Good to know.
Thank you so much. You saved my only key for my truck
Great.
It works for garage door remotes as well!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!🙏
Yes all electronics! Cheers.
BIG Thanks ! I watched the other videos suggesting to use rubbing alcohol; it didn't work. But your video using the spray lubricant WORKED !!
Great to know.
rubbing alcohol has a lot of water, and potentially other things in it. I wouldn't even think of using anything below 90, and ideally you'd use as close to 99 as possible to even have a chance of alcohol helping.
Thanks! Actually works.🎉🎉Saved my self $600 in Texas
Cheers
Thanks for the video. Got my car stared right know. 💪💪
Great
OMG--It WORKED! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!👏
Great. 😀
I haven’t even had my car a week and i washed my Subaru Ascent that was in my pants pocket. We were out to dinner when I stared thinking about it, when I got home I checked and sure enough it was in my pants pocket in the finished load of wash. I wear hearing aids and getting them wet can destroy them so I have a Hearing Aid dryer with UV light. I actually put my key fob in the dryer box. I took out the key, and ran my box on high three times. It worked! I saved my key!
Saved my day today.😅 good video
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This saved my Mazda key. Thanks so much!
Cheers
It worked! Thank you!!
Great! And well done to you!
Fantastic it work, thank for sharing
Great, thanks for the feedback.
It work for a 2002/Honda accord remote power door locks and open trunk remotely. Remote was washed then went thru complete dryer cycle. Remote fell out when dry door was opened. Followed video disassembled . sprayed remote heavy three times with WD40 . The next day wiped off excess WD40 then used hair dryer (no heat) . Installed new battery. Remote works .
surprising isn’t it!
Thank you this really helped.👊
Cheers
Thank you!
Thank you so much this worked
Great
thank you buddy :) you were a great help :)
Cheers
Thanks, it worked👍
Great
Thanks for the video
Cheers
Thank you so much 👍
Hope it helped.
Thank you 🙏
Cheers
Thanks
I need a close up so I can see what the chips looked like before. Now they look dark red/brown, and I don't know if I stuffed it up by testing it (no success) after having had it open and using the hair-dryer on it.
I have now tried with WD40 as instructed here, and will put it back together when it looks dry again. Not long replaced it after losing the outer part of the fob (somehow the clip let go, and i was left with only the metal part of the key. 😩)
Thank You, tried a few tricks, but didn't think of WD-40.
Cheers. Is it working now?
Just finished drying and it worked! Let’s go! Praise God
Great.
Wil it be the remote key failure in future after short time water submersion? Because I have such problem with Mazda CX 5 key even though the last one works sometimes. I did the maintenance as it was shown and the battery was replaced.
I have a keyless setup on my motorcycle. Accidentally washed my key. Gonna try this and follow up if it works.
Ok, good luck
Thank you helped me❤❤❤❤❤
Good to know
Thank you for saving me 1k+ US dollars. God bless your Heart
Wow
Many thanks saved me 200$
Good to read.
I just found my lost fob.... In the washing machine, inside the rubber seal thing! after a month! The red light turns on when I press it, but immediately disassembled it to get the battery out so haven't checked if it opens the car yet. After I clean it, fingers crossed!
Did it ever work again?
I have a Jeep Grand Cherokee and my key looks nearly identical as this one and the same thing happened to me except I have a small electrical blower that is used for my gaming PC and other little electronic devices and I used it to blow out this key fob and yes it works but it works very weirdly now because sometimes I can be sitting in the car and the doors will engage on their own also sometimes when I get out the car and walk towards a grocery store I hit the lock button and nothing happens so I would have to at times walk up back up to the car and hit the lock button on the door handle and then when I go into the grocery store and come back out all of a sudden my doors are unlocked which is very dangerous my things can be stolen so maybe I'm thinking take the key apart like you did and then blow it out again
Yes, do like i do in the video as you likely have intermittent shorts from oxidisation / water. Brush off any white deposits and do a lot of wd40 squirting under the I.C.’s
Works
yay!
This video helped me save my key!! Thank you!!
My pleasure!
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How long after spraying the device/cleaning with WD-40 should I wait before re-assembling? Should I allow the components to dry overnight?
You don’t have to wait, the wd40 hopefully displaced the water. Makes sure to use lots.
Sir i have xcent car how to do today in beach the key is full loaded with water 😭😭
Clean out and follow this video.
Hi guys in addition to the other excellent tips given if your remote board still ceases to function after your drying process then grab the q-tips and methylated spirits with the remote board removed dab the q-tip into meths and then lightly dab and clean the board really giving a liberal soak to the
1.Buttons parts and contact - also very important to push this button section in and out a few times to help to clean the inside of the button contact. This part is very important in the sequence as the buttons may have absorbed liquid inside the housing that needs to be cleaned out.
2.All soldered parts of the board including chips.
3.The battery contact surface and underside of board with meths.
Using a liberal amount of meths will not affect the board and you can dry of with a hair dryer if needed after 10min or allow to air dry. Being alcohol based will dry out.
After a thorough clean allow about 10 min dry time and then reinsert battery and with just the board and battery inserted test operations on car careful not to drop board on ground pop lock and unlock. If remote starts working again awesome good job reassemble remote ensuring the board is placed in correctly (not upside down) and bobs your uncle.
If the board remote does not operate first instance do not panic i also had tried to dry the board out in the hot water cupboard for 4 days but ended up after advice to track the problem to the buttons on the remote board collecting residue inside and making improper contact.
I had also previously tried to clean the board with meths but the process was not intense enough.
Will not be a battery problem if you also replace with a new battery after dropping the remote in water mines is a 3v battery that gives out 2.6 volts when tested this is OK.
Got my remote finally working after a few tests after dropping the remote in the toilet - yikes. The test now is will the remote still keep working as before the toilet episode.
So indeed there was a problem after the second clean so what happened was that i literally "soaked" through the remote board with meths by pouring on a part cap of the stuff then repeated the clean process. After this the remote seems to be operating. Water residue really gets into these parts.
Thanks for your story showing that you can can things working with patience and perseverance. Well done. Just a couple of minor comments from me. If the battery is 2.6v then best to replace it, it’s near end of life, should be nearer 3v. Meths is a good cleaner but it does contain water as well as alcohol. Water is the thing that causes the problem. Most evaporates but an using oil, at least as the final stage to dispel and repel water is probably wise, especially under the chips / integrated circuits which is difficult to get to.
How much WD-40 would you suggest. I did around 3 sprays each side, but was wondering if I would need more
Sounds about right. Should be enough to give it a good soaking to displace any water and try to spray it under any components like the integrated circuit chip.
Just washed mine… Got the same car tho 😂💪🏽
Hope yours comes back to life too.
Will the electronic spray cleaner works?
It may, but I suspect WD40 or similar is better at repelling water.
Thanks, thanks, thanks!! Another unexpected use of WD-40!😅
Cheers
Could I use PB Blast?
No as not water repelling
Did you say, use something like wd-40?
Yes
Did you say WD40? My can looks different and has a red straw looking attachment
Yep, that sounds right.
do i have to use this exact spray? or can i use like a different type, can you give me some brands i can use that will work. THIS IS URGENT!!!!
No. Look for an oil based spray that says it repels water. Normally sold in car shops for spraying over old style distributor caps and ignition leads. I hope that is URGENT enough. Consider becoming a member for priority replies. www.youtube.com/@comeinhandynow/membership
okay i went to go get wd-40 in a blue can with red attachment?? sound about right?
@@kasaundrawilson7638 yes if it is wd40
Short version: Open the fab, remove the battery and place the fab ( wrapped in a dish towel over night in the oven at 120 to 130 degrees. Replace batter in the morning and it will work.
No. I guess you didn’t watch the video then. You need to remove the electrolysis products that were shorting out the circuit parts, nothing in your comment does that. Your summary method will lead to failure later.
Batt.. 2032?
Yep buying links in video description section
Ok thanks...👍
still completely dead, this doesnt work
Did you do everything in the video like brushing between the chip legs etc? It often works but if the water contamination has been too long then too much damage may have occurred. Worth trying and maybe worth retrying. Also check the battery.
@@comeinhandynow It was a alluminum piece that detached from the battery 🔋. I reconnected the piece, now the Fob works great 👍. The water damage seem not to be the root cause. Either way this video is very informative.
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It worked!!! Thank you!!!
Good to know!