406 door lock problem solved

Discussion in 'Peugeot 406' started by Eric, Jul 10, 2003.

  1. Eric

    Eric Guest

    I post this message in the hopes that it may help someone else who should be
    unlucky enough to experience the same problem. A series of postings on this
    ng some months ago helped me to find an answer.

    After getting the local dealer to fit a couple of new batteries in one of my
    two remote door keys (the one used by my wife) it went flat after a week
    and, not unnaturally I suppose, I blamed her for pushing it into an
    overpacked handbag! When it happened again after another replacement set (£6
    odd), a week later, I wondered if, perhaps, her feelings of indignation
    might just be justified.

    I discovered two tiny plastic fingers holding the batteries in place and one
    of them was hanging like a loose tooth, just about to break off at the
    roots. The broken 'finger' was only about 1mm thick so I glued it back in
    place and then surrounded it on three sides by a bank of car body filler.
    Eureka! - it's been perfect now for a couple of months. (It was most likely
    broken by the dealers but that was rather difficult for me to prove after
    also opening the key myself several times).

    Now what I would like to know is, why do Peugeot make it so fragile when it
    obviously isn't necessary - or does my cynical mind connect it with the
    hundred pound bill I understand one pays for a new programmed key.

    Anyway, be careful if you fit new batteries but remember that it may be
    possible to fix it if it does break. Incidentally, I just got some new
    replacement batteries, to hold in reserve, from 7dayshop.com for £1.29 for
    2!

    Eric
     
    Eric, Jul 10, 2003
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