Key remote works, won't start car
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The key to my 2005 Boxster S fell apart, so I put it back together again. (Circuit board and battery seemed to click into obvious places.) Now it works fine for remote locking/unlocking but won't start the car. I have another key so I'm still driving, but I want to get the first key working again. Is there any way to solve this without a long and possibly expensive drive to the dealership?
Thanks,
--- Michael
Thanks,
--- Michael
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It sounds like you may have lost the little transponder (I think that's what its called) that should be located inside the key fob shell along one side.
It is a little grey or black colored rectangular thing. Looks like its cased in a plastic shell. About 1/2" long by 1/8" by 1/8" in size if I recall correctly.
It tells the ignition switch that it is the authorized key.
How did the key fall apart? Could this little transponder piece have gotten lost?
It is a little grey or black colored rectangular thing. Looks like its cased in a plastic shell. About 1/2" long by 1/8" by 1/8" in size if I recall correctly.
It tells the ignition switch that it is the authorized key.
How did the key fall apart? Could this little transponder piece have gotten lost?
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Spokayman -- many thanks! I rang Porsche this morning and their best advice was to take the six hour return trip to the dealership to get the key reprogrammed. Thanks to you I don't have to.
How did it fall apart? I'm not sure. All I know is that I was driving along and the whole keyring fell onto my knee. When I looked, one half of the key was in the ignition, the little chrome bit that loops onto the keyring was on the ring, and everything else was spread around the footwell. I found the other half of the shell, and the circuit board, and the battery, and I thought that must be the lot; but just now I looked for the transponder and found it very effectively camouflaged against the carpet. Put it all together again and everything works!
How did it fall apart? I'm not sure. All I know is that I was driving along and the whole keyring fell onto my knee. When I looked, one half of the key was in the ignition, the little chrome bit that loops onto the keyring was on the ring, and everything else was spread around the footwell. I found the other half of the shell, and the circuit board, and the battery, and I thought that must be the lot; but just now I looked for the transponder and found it very effectively camouflaged against the carpet. Put it all together again and everything works!