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I did a bunch of searching on this topic to no avail, so if anyone has suggestions...
Lotus backup key and fob don't work, and car is locked.
I have locked myself out of two cars this week...i came back from a trip to florida and lost my keys somewhere, both to a bmw and the lotus. No problem, right? Can't find the spare to the bmw anywhere, except possibly in this little brown bag, which is sitting in the passenger seat of the lotus. So I get the spare key fob to the lotus and not only does it not work, it sets off the alarm after about ten frustrated tries. The LED on the fob works and the dash light pauses when I press the fob.
The dealer, BH Lotus, suggests that the only way to fix this is to somehow bring the car in and get a new lockset installed. Can't be cheap. I can't even get the car out of the garage to tow it in. I don't really want AAA to send a locksmith to break the door and window. The BMW key has been ordered, so that's not a real problem.
Does anyone have any experience with this? I have seen how to resync the fobs, but unfortunately you need to be in the car to do this, I have the pin codes. Never thought to do this before, because I have never had to use the backup key.
Raj
Lotus backup key and fob don't work, and car is locked.
I have locked myself out of two cars this week...i came back from a trip to florida and lost my keys somewhere, both to a bmw and the lotus. No problem, right? Can't find the spare to the bmw anywhere, except possibly in this little brown bag, which is sitting in the passenger seat of the lotus. So I get the spare key fob to the lotus and not only does it not work, it sets off the alarm after about ten frustrated tries. The LED on the fob works and the dash light pauses when I press the fob.
The dealer, BH Lotus, suggests that the only way to fix this is to somehow bring the car in and get a new lockset installed. Can't be cheap. I can't even get the car out of the garage to tow it in. I don't really want AAA to send a locksmith to break the door and window. The BMW key has been ordered, so that's not a real problem.
Does anyone have any experience with this? I have seen how to resync the fobs, but unfortunately you need to be in the car to do this, I have the pin codes. Never thought to do this before, because I have never had to use the backup key.
Raj