poorly car

neil3k · 24 Dec 2010 at 18:25

Hello,

Basically the central locking has stopped working on my Toyota Yaris. Light comes on on the key but nothing happens with the car. Still unlocks fine if i stick the key in the door.

Im going to be ferrying old peoples about tommorrow so it;s not likely to conk out on the motorway due to an electrical fault or anything is it?

Car is only 6 months old!

boooooooooooooooooo!

GingerNinja1989 · 24 Dec 2010 at 18:43

Battery in the key fob?

neil3k · 24 Dec 2010 at 18:46

I would doubt it.

both sets of keys dont work and the car is practically brand new!

Dup · 24 Dec 2010 at 18:57

I doubt it'll be a disaster. My 206 used to do this IIRC, was just the cold. Warmed up it would work again. Then again that was French and an absolute POS!

EvilDreams · 24 Dec 2010 at 20:35

The brand new alarm/remote locking system I had installed in my XJS a few years ago would completely stop working as soon as it got below 0.

audiolab · 24 Dec 2010 at 21:09

Odd on a car so new, sometimes a car can get out of sync with the key, I don't know why but it just happens once in a blue moon. I have had this happen on a 3 series once and never again with any other car.

If it is this (that the keys are out of sync) to resolve it you need to go through a reset procedure similar to how you program a new key, on the 3 series it was simple but a quick search with Google turned this up.

http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=85266

Will cost nothing to try but you may get some looks from the neighbors opening and closing the doors.

Failing that it could just be the cold, either way it is under a year so you should have warranty cover and this often includes a level of breakdown cover.

neil3k · 24 Dec 2010 at 21:24

so its not likely to die on the dual carriageway tommorrow?

markweatherill · 24 Dec 2010 at 21:41

neil3k said:
so its not likely to die on the dual carriageway tommorrow?

No, but the doors might all spring open without warning once you're up to speed. Not really but it would be funny wouldn't it!

audiolab · 24 Dec 2010 at 22:01

It is unlikely, if it was a short another symptom would be evident like battery drain or other malfunction.

neil3k · 24 Dec 2010 at 22:05

just looked under the car at the front and underneath the bonnet a plastic panel has been come loose at one end and has been dragging along the floor

any ideas what this is?

Dup · 24 Dec 2010 at 22:16

Probably just the lower panel most cars have these days under the engine bay. Might have some aerodynamic benefit of some sort but nothing you'd notice. If you can't re-affix it, remove it for the time being. Don't want it getting jammed anywhere over the holidays. You may have had some lumps of ice or snow work it loose.