Fob not operating central locking 1999 T5

[Bigfella666]

Like I say - bizarre

But worse still I don't own a single 2016 hence waiting fior Amazon to arrive in order to attempt a futile fob reprogram !

[Briangrumpy2]

Originally Posted by huron

The coil round the ign. s/w has nothing to do with the alarm, only the immobiliser.
Try sitting in the car with the doors shut and turning the key to full ignition, wait 5 secs. then turn it off. Do this three times and then see if they now work.
Had this happen to me last night then I realised that when I turned the ign . off the interior lights didn't come on although they did when I opened the door.
Did the above and all back to normal. It's almost like it reset its memory.
Hope this works for you.

Radio antenna, location, (my) V70 P5, 1998, had three sticky switches on the RHS drivers door, master switch for the window motors.
The separate subject of sticky slide switches (window switches), if no one else has offered a fix to that problem previously, I'll do it. I've not researched yet to know if anyone has proved how to make sticky switches operative again, and wants/needs my input.
THE RADIO ANTENNA, some two pieces of shaped wire, for the door locks is mounted as an internal part of the PCB for the windows. Located at the front end of the 4 window up/down switches. There is a smaller plug, nearest to the hinges, which connects to the antenna's.
For reference, two plugs in the middle of the window switches connect to the window drive motors, front and back doors.

[britten_mark]

Originally Posted by britten_mark

Tailgate lock is not tailgate lock - its the wirning in the hinge.

All the other doors are still working fine from the remote with the "wrong" battery in it otherwise I would be wondering if this wiring break could have been the root of everything.

Found a break in the pink/grey wire to the rear tailgate lock. It was inside the rear nearside pillar. IMHO the factory put a tie wrap securing the loom to the body in there and it doesn't allow enough flex, resulting in broken wires.

Central locking is all working fine now.

As mentioned it sounds a bit far fetched that this broken wire to the rear tailgate could be connected to the problems with the fobs, but who knows?