Hi all,

I recently dropped my remote central locking fob after which it failed to lock or unlock my car (however the PCB within etc 'appears' undamaged). I changed the battery (in hope!) but it still wont unlock the car, neither does the spare fob.

I'm thinking they both might have 'lost' their codes so does anyone know how to reprogramme a Toyota fob (its a Denso 1512T FWIW). If I need to go to a dealer what sort of cost and can an independant specialist do this? I've tried googling and forum search etc.

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Two points, Historical interest (Not Sat Nav)

1) Ever navigated by the Sun?

2) Ever used a compass? corrected (perhaps) to true North in relation to a road map or car journey/City map?



Regarding the Sun,

Back in the early 70`s entered Glasgow (for the first time) and entered a grid pattern of streets, no road signs and rough looking men on corners burning fires on the pavements .
That was returning from the Highlands via Loch Lomond and attempting to go South.
Got out by referencing the sun in the south west and keeping it to the front of the drivers side window.

Many years later, remembered this in Barcelona and drove out without a map or using road signs.

Second point, The Compass,

Compass, corrected to true (Polar) North, instead of Canadian Magnetic? Out of the car has anyone referenced such as a navigation aid regarding road maps or on foot in an unfamiliar City?

The Stars?
I got a fix on Polaris the other night, but talk about `faint` a non starter unless in Siberia perhaps?

Post is about what `can` be done, if somewhere very unfamiliar, perhaps abroad without modern technology, regarding navigation.

Regards










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All the catches go up or down on all four doors but the passenger door wont open.
Can lift the outside but does not release door catch
Tried the key in passenger door raises and lowers catch but door wont open
What is problemand how can I fix it?
Trudi

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Hi
Can anyone help with my problem please:

My 306 was stalling when I pulled up at junctions ect and I found that my idle valve was completely closed. After browsing on the net I found that this was a common problem. I could get the car working ok by physically slowly pushing the plunger slightly into the valves body (if I went to far the engine revved too high at idle. It seemed to me like the valve was not being told to move by the ECU (or it was sticking) so I bought another one. The one I bought had the same main number as mine (B32/00) but a different "A" number underneath. I was told that the B32/00 is the important one, and the other number was not as important. When I measured the resistance of the two coils, in the new one they were about 48 ohms, whereas the old one was about 52 ohms. When I changed the motor the same problem occurred, i.e if it was set to idle low, the ECU didnt correct it. It did however show some small changes in rev speed but then after about 20 seconds it just stalled. I'm now not sure if the new valve is not quite the right one, or if the problme is not the valve, but the ECU that is not driving it properly. A few more clues - Before this idling problem developed I had an intermittant jerking (and ECU light flashing on briefly) when cruising on a motorway. On a particularly long motorway journey this happened quite a lot and when we came off the Mway the stalling problem started.

From the little I know about these systems I assume that when I put the new valve in, its actual position at that point should not have mattered because the engine would initially idle at the speed determined by the position of the valve, and then the ECU would detect that the idle RPM doesn't match the programmed value and and, after a short period, it should send drive signals to the valve to correct it (which doesn't appear to be happening)

Could a Peugot expert please tell me if, from all of the above, its likely I have a sensor problem (if so which ??) , an ECU problem or if it is still likley to be the stepper motor (and the new one is actually the wrong one). I also read that disconnecting the battery to rest the ECU may help and I will try this shortly - I'm just not confidant it will help - if it does I'll report back within the hour (its now 10.15am 27/12)

Thanks for any help with this
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