Birty Dastards Jeep Club

Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Bubba on January 03, 2010, 11:35:06 AM

Title: odd
Post by: Bubba on January 03, 2010, 11:35:06 AM
the 94 xj i now use as family hauler did a made thing i drove to local shop got a bit of steak for tea went baxk to xj and the imobilizer fob would not work and let the jeep start

when i say imobilizer i am saying it has an after market one with a 3pin touch fob no amount of cleaning or messing would get it to work the jeep has a seperate fob [laserline] sfter market alarm for the door stuff and that was working fine i did think the systems worked together but they are not the same brands

anyway very fortunatly panic [tina] found a spare imobilizer fob and brought it over and the jeep worked fine but still the first fob does not switch the imobiliser off

why should that be the fob has no mouving parts no power source so why should it simply fail at a seconds notice

i tell ya dont get none of this crap with a cj
Title: Re: odd
Post by: Nosebolt on January 03, 2010, 12:16:32 PM
the fob will have a battery in it, and most are prone to water damage and button failure, I repair 3 or 4 a week for local car dealer
Title: Re: odd
Post by: Panic mechanic! on January 03, 2010, 01:30:27 PM
it has neither,and its a totally sealed unit, I beleive bubba may have just sat on it and broke it :jump_125:
Title: Re: odd
Post by: Bubba on January 03, 2010, 01:55:27 PM
as i say it has a fob with buttons to lock and unlock

but a totaly seperate button les touch fob thing for the imobilizer that you touch ont to a contact pod
Title: Re: odd
Post by: Bishops Finger on January 03, 2010, 02:03:31 PM
Sometimes if there is too bog a delay between switching off the alarm and using the 3 pin fob the system can get a bit of an arse on (To use a  technical term)
Title: Re: odd
Post by: Nosebolt on January 03, 2010, 03:35:41 PM
don't have any experience of this system but would assume its magnetic or induction, both can be affected by moisture and the magnetic can be damaged by strong magnetic forces
Title: Re: odd
Post by: gazjeep on January 03, 2010, 07:58:59 PM
Any overhead powerlines / substation nearby ?
Title: Re: odd
Post by: greggmo on January 03, 2010, 08:44:18 PM
its your gravity messin with it fatso get one of the kids to try it :hysterical: :hysterical:
Title: Re: odd
Post by: Bishops Finger on January 03, 2010, 08:51:55 PM
Oh foook Bubbas been taken over by aliens...