Help! Key Fob fix please!
 

Can someone post the information for taking apart and resoldering the older key fobs? Mine is of the 1998 variety, and it is constantly losing it's link with the car.

Thanks in advance!

Disassembly is pretty straight forward, here's the components to help;

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC02632.jpg

You want to clean the carbon buttons and contacts;

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC02634.jpg

Make sure the battery contacts are clean and make good contact (two pads on the right side);

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC02635.jpg

OK Here's the common joints that come loose, they are on the chip but pry on every joint to see what else is loose;

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC02639.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC02642.jpg

Solder all the loose contacts and you should be good to go!

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC02654.jpg

Tim

good info!

FYI I should point out that the "silver can" on the upper left corner of the board is the rattle can that activates the Passive feature on the earlier C5s. Just in case some one opens theirs up and says... "Well, there's the problem, I'm missing sumptin!" :cheers:

Tim

Is that like a tiny mercury switch, I wonder?

Nicely done Tim.:thumbs::thumbs:

And I was just going to suggest to change the battery. :lol:

Good job,thanks.