Static Electricity and Puma Immobilised !

[danske]

Hi All Puma 08 owners

Just a heads up for you , whilst heading home from Rutherglen on the weekend ,I pulled into Wallan Service Centre ( BP) and filled up. Went to drive off and the engine would kick over but not stay on ( immobilised ). The Remote Alarm would not work either. Disconnected the battery to try and reset it , no go. Called LR assist after several attempts to start, and the local Mechanic came out and promptly told me that if we move it out from under the covered area , it should be OK. - Huh!

Yep it did , apparently the static under the covered area plays havoc with Alarms and imobilisers on Jeeps and some of our cars. So next time you think the LR gremlins are up to no good with Alarms and immobilisers , perhaps Static ( at Wallan anyway ) could be the answer.

[the_chisholm]

I had a simmilar experience in the exact same servo (the south bound one on the hume), it wouldnt unlock with the fob, so i unlocked it with the key.
The alarm subsequently went off, after a few embarasing minutes i could switch of the alarm by using the fob in the drivers side footwell.

The car started alright though........

Gremlins i guess....

[Bavo]

Heading home to Keilor from Seymour yesterday, I stopped to get fuel at Wallan, yep, southbound on the Hume, and the immobiliser locked up.

Initially I bought a new bettery for the key fob, but no joy there.
Called LR Assist, they dispatched a tow truck.
Servo staff said it happens all the time there, suggested I push it out from under the cover.
Tow truck arrived from Wallan, first thing he said was "happens all the time, we'll just drag it out a bit and it should be fine".

But it wasn't fine. Still no go. Apparently about 1/2 start OK when pushed out from under the roof and mine was in the other half.
When I finally got home (via tow truck) I tried the spare key. It works fine. Original key still not working though. Seems to affect the key not the car ?

Has this happened to others?

[austastar]

Hi,
similar happens on top of Mt Wellington (Hobart) near the TV transmitters.
There may be some sort of radio frequency going on under the servo roof.

cheers

[Bavo]

I spoke to MLR service this morning - they think it may be the door sensors on the shop working on the same fequency as the LR key fob. The bloke I spoke with certainly knew about the Wallan BP though...

Have to take the Defender (and faulty key) in the get 're-programmed'.

[n plus one]

Rumour on the street is that if you jam the fob under one of the front wheel arches (can't remember if its drivers or passenger) you can normally overcome this.

It's hasn't happened to me yet, but this was a tip from a tow company that had hauled a couple of Deefers.

[chook73]

Happened to me there as well, just rolled it back in the driveway and disconnected the battery for a minute and it was good to go. Needless to say I have never filled up there since.......


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[Bavo]

Happened to me there as well, just rolled it back in the driveway and disconnected the battery for a minute and it was good to go.

Did you have to re-program anything? (radio security code, immobiliser etc?)

Thanks,
John.

[chook73]

Did you have to re-program anything? (radio security code, immobiliser etc?)

Thanks,
John.

Probably the radio it was a fee years ago now.


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[Bavo]

Finally got into MLR on Friday to get the key and fob working again.
It took them about an hour but all seems OK now.

Weird though - when I drove in my GPS was powered by the cigarette lighter and worked OK. When I left GPS no longer works as the cigarette lighter has no power. Hopefully it's just the fuse. Not sure what they did to get a key fob working that would affect the lighter?.

Anyone know of a competent LR service place in western suburbs of Melb?