Know what's worse than not having a Porsche?

lowyder993s · lowyder993s's Garage

Having one and sending your only alarm remote thru the wash. And not having your 4-digit code. And not having the parts dept open till Monday. In the Words of John Belushi "...might as well join the #%?>*& Peace Corps."

Early_S_Man · 12-22-2001, 12:57 PM

jim,

You might want to try disassembling the remote ... take the battery out and toss it, rinse/spray it off thoroughly with 91% isopropyl alcohol, dry it out with a hair dryer, replace the battery, and cross your fingers ...

My 'remote' is the disconnect key for the battery cut-off switch, and it won't hurt a bit to go thru the wash, though its' odd shape means it is pretty hard not to notice in pockets!

SK · 12-22-2001, 07:42 PM

I agree w/ Warren. Try to dry it out...I had something similar last year when my wife let my 1yr. old daughter play w/ the keys while shopping. She put the remote in her mouth and soaked it. I opened up the remote and let it sit in the sun for a few hours...and it worked again. Good luck.

JoeF · 12-23-2001, 04:46 AM

Jim,
I had the same thing happen to me. Tried everything to dry it out, couldnt get it to work, threw it in the console, bought a new one.
Six months later, going through the console, I found it, tried it , it was working again!

Mrdi · Mrdi's Garage

Shake and bake.
I flew an RC Glider into the bay in Newport Harbor, too many rolls. The receiver was bathed in salt water for half an hour. Took it apart, rinsed it in fresh water, blew it dry and baked it in the oven on low for an hour. It lived to fly again.

Mrdi

masraum · 12-23-2001, 10:50 AM

Don't forget if you have the keys most modern alarms have a button that gets hidden for just such occasions. I know with Viper alarms it's a little black button that is usually somewhere under the dash. You get in turn on the key and hit the button a couple of times while trying to start the car or something to that extent. You'll have to sit around while the alarm goes off for a few secs, but after it's turned off it's fine indefinitely.

And as the others have said try drying it out. I had an old Seiko digital watch that was soaked and stopped working a few times. Always just took drying it out to get it going again. The final killer was that salt water killed it's liquid crystal display.