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had big problems with this key
first in france in 2005 i stopped to get out and study one of the "you are here map's " van would not start , had on about 4 occasions previously not been able to start or even turn over always rectified itself, on this occasion had to eventually call for breakdown assistance europ assist wonderful service ,breakdown truck arrived before tea was cool enough to drink, couldn't repair in situ so transported our 3mt high A class on the back of his standard lorry gulp.
after much to and froing europ assist were going to fly the spare key 'yes the red one that i couldn't convince anyone that i'd never had ' out ,one little old chap found where a wire was rubbing on the radiator and earthing out 2 inches of insulation tape later we were on our way.
about a year later at home the van would not start and again this key code box was found to be responsible , under pressure of catching a ferry in 6 hour's time the mech removed the box entirely had no troubles since , yes i'm without a security device but i'm willing to live with that.
as a footnote my mate was on his way home from france and spent a weekend stranded on an industrial estate for a weekend with the same box faulty eventually had it removed also because he was going to have to wait a week for one to be flown in from italy and would cost £200 fitted ,£20 to have it removed instead.
had big problems with this key
first in france in 2005 i stopped to get out and study one of the "you are here map's " van would not start , had on about 4 occasions previously not been able to start or even turn over always rectified itself, on this occasion had to eventually call for breakdown assistance europ assist wonderful service ,breakdown truck arrived before tea was cool enough to drink, couldn't repair in situ so transported our 3mt high A class on the back of his standard lorry gulp.
after much to and froing europ assist were going to fly the spare key 'yes the red one that i couldn't convince anyone that i'd never had ' out ,one little old chap found where a wire was rubbing on the radiator and earthing out 2 inches of insulation tape later we were on our way.
about a year later at home the van would not start and again this key code box was found to be responsible , under pressure of catching a ferry in 6 hour's time the mech removed the box entirely had no troubles since , yes i'm without a security device but i'm willing to live with that.
as a footnote my mate was on his way home from france and spent a weekend stranded on an industrial estate for a weekend with the same box faulty eventually had it removed also because he was going to have to wait a week for one to be flown in from italy and would cost £200 fitted ,£20 to have it removed instead.
