when i buy the car the remote work fine,now you need to be very close to the car,specially close to the doors to open the car,i change battery twice so i dont think is battery problems.any help just be great or any idea,my friend told me the car is the antenna for the remote,but i dont understand what that mean,the car is a 97 volvo 960 sedan,thanks for your time :auto:

is your car battery okay? is it weak? your car is the antenna. the whole car.

yes,the battery on car is new,maybe 1 month

remote battery? range usually dies when this starts to flatten. also has your remote been in close contact with water? as it could have leaked and corrosion formed inside of it.

Matt

i open the remote and i found the contact on buttons,i mean is like a piece of tape with a kind of paint and i think when you push the bottoms in the remote this make contact and open the doors,that paint is lost and i think that is the problem,no rust inside the remote,i let you know,thanks

it could possibly be that. Its probably a conductive rubber paint, like the type of rubber mats you get in tv remotes, on the under side of this usually is a small graphite pad that shorts the metal lines on the board.

try using a paper clip or something.

Matt

matt i use a small piece of aluminun paper and work better,a lot better but i still need to be close to the car to open and close doors,do you think this is normal for the age of the car or i need check something in the car

not particularly knowing much about the alarm system on the car and its age i would have thought not being able to open it from more than 6-7 feet away would be realistic.

I have a Sigma S30 alarm with all the trimmings on my 740 and it wont unlock/disarm unless i am almost right up next to it. about 2 or 3 feet. This is a security reason as people can scan the frequency and also the code from the key fob and use it to get your car (as seen in gone in 60 seconds i might add).

how far away is your 'close' ?

Matt

about 2 or 3 feet in front of the door,i try check on rear,not open,on front of car not open,so that mean you cant adjust the range of the remote???

sorry that didnt make sense to me. can you be clearer? sorry

I personally on my system cannot. its aftermarket and retails at around £1000 with all the bells and wistles so...

ok let me try to explain,if you are in the front of the car,about 2 or 3 feet in distance you cant open the door locks,if you are in the back of the car,same distance you cant open the door locks,but if you are in front of the door,most time on driver side,same distance the door locks work fine,my remote is factory,but i dont know is this is normal....thanks matt

mat is correct about the frequency. it is like the old remote controls for the television, sometimes you can control your neighbors television because the frequency is close. try to go to a alarm specialist. they can tell you what is wrong. it could be that the unit in the car is old. not the remote.

im clear now i really appreciate your time ok,thanks matt and greek mason :57:

np. glad to be of service :)