bikerchickone
New Member
Hi All,
Hubby and I bought a 4.6 Vogue on a 99 T plate last Saturday. Dodgy dealer told us that the only key for the car had lost the code and needed reprogramming. He knocked small amount of price for this and hubby bought car. Only way to start car at this point was by physically entering the EKA or info panel said "Engine disabled". Took car to Paul Rutter in Chichester, very helpful, put car on diagnostic box and although couldn't tell if problem was fob or becm somehow managed to make it work so we only had to unlock the door with the key and it would start. Great, until next morning (yesterday) when hubby goes out, unlocks car, fiddles around getting daughter in seat and finally puts key in ignition to be told "Engine disabled". No amount of entering EKA worked so in the end we disconnected the battery, left for one hour and got car to restart. This morning he did it again! Car locked out, engine disabled etc etc. I've tried disconnecting the battery for an hour, again and cannot get the car to run. Get lots of funky beeps because nothing works but still engine disabled.
In the meantime I've been back over to Paul Rutter in Chichester and picked up the new Key 2 which we'd ordered on Wednesday, so now I have this too.
My question to all you experts out there is what do I do next? I cannot get the two leads from the battery once they are disconnected to meet over the top to touch them together as they aren't long enough. I have again disconnected the leads and left the car but how long will this take now? Then if I can get the car running again what should I do with the new key to try it, without making something else go wrong? I ask because these things do not seem simple on these cars. (love my Scooby, very simple!)
If anyone out there can help me please do! Would love to get the damn thing running! Looks very pretty on the drive but not running makes it a very expensive planter and I can't get too many flowers in the bonnet anyway.
Thanks lots,
Nikki.
PS am not very technically minded and am also female so please explain any suggestions thoroughly!! Thank you!
Hubby and I bought a 4.6 Vogue on a 99 T plate last Saturday. Dodgy dealer told us that the only key for the car had lost the code and needed reprogramming. He knocked small amount of price for this and hubby bought car. Only way to start car at this point was by physically entering the EKA or info panel said "Engine disabled". Took car to Paul Rutter in Chichester, very helpful, put car on diagnostic box and although couldn't tell if problem was fob or becm somehow managed to make it work so we only had to unlock the door with the key and it would start. Great, until next morning (yesterday) when hubby goes out, unlocks car, fiddles around getting daughter in seat and finally puts key in ignition to be told "Engine disabled". No amount of entering EKA worked so in the end we disconnected the battery, left for one hour and got car to restart. This morning he did it again! Car locked out, engine disabled etc etc. I've tried disconnecting the battery for an hour, again and cannot get the car to run. Get lots of funky beeps because nothing works but still engine disabled.
In the meantime I've been back over to Paul Rutter in Chichester and picked up the new Key 2 which we'd ordered on Wednesday, so now I have this too.
My question to all you experts out there is what do I do next? I cannot get the two leads from the battery once they are disconnected to meet over the top to touch them together as they aren't long enough. I have again disconnected the leads and left the car but how long will this take now? Then if I can get the car running again what should I do with the new key to try it, without making something else go wrong? I ask because these things do not seem simple on these cars. (love my Scooby, very simple!)
If anyone out there can help me please do! Would love to get the damn thing running! Looks very pretty on the drive but not running makes it a very expensive planter and I can't get too many flowers in the bonnet anyway.
Thanks lots,
Nikki.
PS am not very technically minded and am also female so please explain any suggestions thoroughly!! Thank you!