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[Dan6061]

I just tried sync'ing it the way you told me, and it didn't work.
So i've disconnected the battery again to reset it, to see if that'll work...

Getting annoying now.

[ncd3]

Have you examined the soldering? There could be a break in it somewhere, my friend had exactly the same prob with his metro and he undid the fob and it turned out there was a break in the solder at the switch. Was easy to fix i think he did it by heating up the end of a small screwdriver!

[Dan6061]

They're all fine.

[Dan6061]

Bump! - Still no luck.

Mate's just suggesting looking at the spark plugs, guessing it's worth looking at? Although would they change the fact that the immobiliser won't switch off...would it?

[Dan6061]

Right, took the fob into a local garage where I tested it on their fob...tester.

Usually when any button on the fob is pressed, an LED on the tester lights up, but for me I was only getting faint blinks from it.
I have a fresh battery in it, so does this mean the fob is on the way out?

If it is, I've found a few on eBay, but it says it's "ready for reprogramming" so does this mean I just have to synchronise it to the immobiliser, or take it to a garage to get programmed in? - Can I do this myself?

Cheers!