andyoak

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on a 4.6 hse 1996 located under the o/s upper trim panel in the boot area very close to when the rear o/s seat release button is. It's a little black box with three pin plug and a single blue wire going to it. No numbers [well none that mean anything] any ideas??
 
It's the RF receiver; the key fob remote unit. Does yours have a green spot? If not you may suffer a battery drain.
 
Thanks bud, but no green dot. Theres a round blue sticker!

You can only really tell if the RF receiver is the trouble free MK3 if you look inside. Unfortunately some evil barstewards have been known to put old guts in new boxes and re-sell on ebay:rolleyes:

The early ones are prone to picking up stray signals from WiFi, wireless door bells, energy monitors etc which keeps the BECM awake and flattens the battery. They are also known for burning out the door lock motors:eek::eek:
 
Out of interest, what year of P38 started getting the good version that works?
 
You can only really tell if the RF receiver is the trouble free MK3 if you look inside. Unfortunately some evil barstewards have been known to put old guts in new boxes and re-sell on ebay:rolleyes:

The early ones are prone to picking up stray signals from WiFi, wireless door bells, energy monitors etc which keeps the BECM awake and flattens the battery. They are also known for burning out the door lock motors:eek::eek:
Not had any problems with it but then again where it is parked the only thing that might keep the BECM awake is the chickens or the cows in the field next door. It's out of range of my wifi and the next electronic signal would be a fair way off.

I'd asked as I wanted to pick the power feed up from it, I'll find another now I know what it is.
 
Not had any problems with it but then again where it is parked the only thing that might keep the BECM awake is the chickens or the cows in the field next door. It's out of range of my wifi and the next electronic signal would be a fair way off.

I'd asked as I wanted to pick the power feed up from it, I'll find another now I know what it is.

There is the connector for the caravan hitch behind the trim on the same side lower down and another one on the other side. One of them has power, can't remember which.:)
 
I've just bought my green spot one, because I've finally cracked with the disagreeable nature of the fob with it disconnected, and I was buying airbags at the same time - thought I may as well sort out all my problems at once.
When it arrives, simple swap job? I don't want the car to freak out... Mine's an 01 model, so if I just put the key in the ignition having swapped the boxes, will it just sync to the new one?
 
No syncing required, the RF receiver merely passes received signals to the BECM, except with the late RF receiver it tries to discriminate whether the signal's from the key fob or not before raising the BECM from its slumber - draining your battery.
 
Put my new (green) one in just now... such a relief to just be able to lock the car from my doorstep :p
Hopefully that's a good little advert for Island-4x4 :)
 

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