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Originally Posted by TMc993
Are you sure your old fob is bad? Sometimes, the small spring that holds the battery in place gets warped, battery contact is lost and the fob behaves as if it is dead. Carefully bending the spring out so the battery fits tight and putting a new battery in the fob may cure the problem.
Also, check all of your door, frunk and engine cover switches. Those switches must be activated and functioning properly for the system to be able to function.
Hope this helps...
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If you are not getting a ready state light on your clock, this is indicative of a couple of possible issues...
As stated above, micro-switches in the trunk, engine bay, glove box, doors, clutch pedal, and ignition switch, are all wired on the same circuit.
Generally, one or several switches are out of adjustment, which results in no ready state light. It could also be a ground short to any one or combination of these circuits.
Had the same issue on my car, and it wound up being chaffed wires to the frunk and engine bay lights. Isolated and addressed the chaffed wires causing the ground fault in the circuit, and got my ready state light, and programmed new remotes.
Without addressing whatever is creating your fault, you will be unable to use your fob. This issue should not prevent you from manually unlocking your car.
P.S. A bad remote battery, spring , or contact in the fob has no bearing on the ready state handshake between the ECU and immobilizer!