Life of your key fob/remote...how long does it live?

[sd_boxster]

My remote made it through the washing machine and still works fine - so I am not in a position to talk smack about the Porsche alarm remotes...

[Log]

My trunk button was not working. I opened up the remote, and found that the switch fell off the circuit board.... I soldered it back on and it works perfect.... Easy!!!!

[clickman]

Got my switches today from Mouser. After fiddling with the tiny little sucker with my shaky old hands, I finally got it soldered on.

It works! Yes!! Don't you love it when a few bucks and a couple minutes of your time saves many Porsche $.

[ekam]

Originally Posted by sd_boxster

My remote made it through the washing machine and still works fine - so I am not in a position to talk smack about the Porsche alarm remotes...

There's a rubber seal on the inside to protect water from going in to the circuit board.

I've just replaced the battery last week and it's been a year since I got the car.

[dja1980]

Originally Posted by ekam

There's a rubber seal on the inside to protect water from going in to the circuit board.

Mine used to have the rubber seal, but it started to get very loose, so I removed it. It was causing the top of the key head to pop up in the front.

At first, I thought it was the key ring putting to much pressure toward the back of the key head... but problem fixed since I removed the rubber seal. Now I just have to keep it dry!

[Viper5]

I made a post a few months back about this very same topic. My key is draining the battery. They are definitely good batteries and then in about a week or two it just doesn't work anymore and the light gets faint. It's also not me hitting the button in my pocket. I never did get a solution to that problem and I refuse to pay that much money for a reprogramming.

[ohhh my]

Originally Posted by Viper5

I made a post a few months back about this very same topic. My key is draining the battery. They are definitely good batteries and then in about a week or two it just doesn't work anymore and the light gets faint. It's also not me hitting the button in my pocket. I never did get a solution to that problem and I refuse to pay that much money for a reprogramming.

sorry to bump an old thread. but this is exactly what is occurring on my remote and i'm debating on just ordering a new remote.