Car is now possessed...
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My car is now self aware and has a mind of it's own..
It has just started randomly switching itself off and back on again when it feels like it..
Just did an 11 mile journey and 3 times it switched off, gearbox light came on , and it switched itself back on!
However on way back it behaved beautifully!
The selector has started 'clicking' every time I touch the brakes however and there is sometimes a clicking noise from inside the steering wheel.
I am suspecting the alarm, immobiliser system. It will only sometimes set with the key (my fob is broken) and sometimes it wont.
My thinking is that the immobiliser is , for some reason, switching itself off.
Is the transponder in the key passive? It doesn't have a power source does it?
Could it be that sometimes the car is 'losing' the transponder?
I used to have Rover 75 that , if the key transponder was shielded, by a key ring or similar, the car couldn't 'see' it and would not run. Move the keyring and it would start.
Does any of this sound feasible?
It has just started randomly switching itself off and back on again when it feels like it..
Just did an 11 mile journey and 3 times it switched off, gearbox light came on , and it switched itself back on!
However on way back it behaved beautifully!
The selector has started 'clicking' every time I touch the brakes however and there is sometimes a clicking noise from inside the steering wheel.
I am suspecting the alarm, immobiliser system. It will only sometimes set with the key (my fob is broken) and sometimes it wont.
My thinking is that the immobiliser is , for some reason, switching itself off.
Is the transponder in the key passive? It doesn't have a power source does it?
Could it be that sometimes the car is 'losing' the transponder?
I used to have Rover 75 that , if the key transponder was shielded, by a key ring or similar, the car couldn't 'see' it and would not run. Move the keyring and it would start.
Does any of this sound feasible?
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