having spent a good while reading about different key issues I cant find anything close to what mine is doing , the remote locking didn't work at all , the central locking does with the key , ive tried the re-code process and only the boot / tail gate now works off the button , still no remote central locking , any ideas folks
simon

Might not be your issue mate but my key was ok on the boot button but not on the lock and unlock buttons thers a small piece of plastic inside the key same size as the printed circuit board and i found that the small contacts on the piece of plastic wernt making contact with the pcb

hi pal , yes I had the key apart earlier and I noted the was such a piece , it doesn't really seat very well ( design ) cant see how it can be repaired thow ??

Bit crude this mate but i selotaped mine to the board untill i can get a new key sorted up to now it seems to keep the plastic in place so it toutches the contacts on the pcb i have a guy near me in cheshire who says he can do me a new key fully programed etc for £110 but trying to get hold of him is hard work

hmmm , it sounds like mine has re-coded ok but the car didn't lock / unlock after I had performed the procedure which suggests it may not have done ? , no harm in trying what you have done pal

Id say its re-syncd mate as your boot its working

that's my gut feeling pal , so many fiddly little faults on these cars pal , ive had 15 alfa romeos upto now and not one has had half the problems this RR has

What i did 1st before i attaked it with the tape was to take out the pcb and plastic and hold it all in place and try and work the buttons but becare full not to loose the immobliser chip outa the case of the key

do they get dry like some other remotes do ?

I do love the rangers pal but very problematic think of them as a woman a right pain in the ass but very seductive

Dry?

well after several navaras , terracans and a sorento I thought sod it ! lets give one ago lol , yeah that's what they call it when the buttons don't quite contact properly pal

Ive not heard it called that mate but i know what u mean try take key apart again and rest that clear plastic ontop of pcb so your sure all 3 points are in line and try locking an unlocking see how ya get on

ok pal will give it a go , I did note that my key flashed while in the ignition after what I thought was an unsuccessful coding attempt , maybe that was a sign it had coded rather than the car locking / unlocking

I seem to remeber on the later p38 rangers the resync was confirmed by the key flasing when inserted in ign i can only assume this still applys but i could be wrong after all thess keys are made by bmw or were made by bmw