What are the odds that all 3 fobs stopped working at the same time? Must be small as that is whats happened. I see on line many models of Toyota have this issue. Door switches work just fine but all 3 fobs do nothing now. Is there a relay or fuse I should check? I've been switching out one fob every month or so to be sure they all get used. Howz come my magical locker/unlockers wont work?

Obvious question.... did you try changing the batteries?

Andrew

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Originally posted by El Cid 92:

Obvious question.... did you try changing the batteries?

In all three fobs?

Same thing happened to both my BMW fobs. Changed batteries in both - no further problems.

One was original to my Sienna and I had 2 new programmed 2 Winters back. From reading on line, the batteries should last for years. Odds are slim they all go bad at the same time. I will have to read further to see if maybe there is a relay for this.

I have a whole bag of animal crackers to eat. I will work on these while trying to diagnose my key fob issue.. . For some reason the chickens and penguins are as big as the elephants and rhinos...hmmm

I hope you are eating the cage free animal crackers.

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Originally posted by P-220:
I hope you are eating the cage free animal crackers.

He's uncaging them as you read this.

Do you have the owner's manual for the car? Most times you can reprogram them to the car by following the directions in there

Ooop..no chickens as these are Zoo animal crackers.. . Anyhow, I saw a video of a Toyota salesman showing how to use the set up menu for lock/ unlock, tones and auto relock if I hit the fob botton by accident. Went through the set up like it was the first time and all 3 fobs are working fine. Who thinks of this stuff?

Sometimes they glitch and need to be reprogrammed. Glad you got it figured out and it didn't cost you any money.

Yes indeed. Thank you.

There was a thread about stuff on a car not working, a few years back.

A mechanic for that particular make and model ,
Told
The car owner to:

With the car off,
Turn on the lights and radio,

Turn the ignition on and off three times while
Pressing on the brake
Then
Let off the brake.

And it worked!
Unfortunately, I don't remember what his problem was, or the make and model

Well that reminds me.

Do you know why Cannibals don’t eat Clowns?

They taste funny.

Ok I’m outta here before the rotten tomato throwing commences.

Is the car battery up to snuff? My vette's fobs don't work correctly when the battery is low. They (the cars) seem to be notoriously hard on batteries. Not sure why but that's the way it is.

Had a Nissan Murano that had problem with the FOBS. They all had to be reprogramed. New batteries did not help.

The key fobs of our three-ago Mercedes station wagon used to operate our neighbour's wireless doorbell until I fixed it with a little bit of tin-foil inside the press button unit.

David, most all Toyota’s use the same controller to unlock the doors. While this is a write up for installing an OEM controller after purchase, it has a lot of info you may find helpful. I hope this helps in finding your issue.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/th...eyless-entry.619447/

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Originally posted by tacfoley:
The key fobs of our three-ago Mercedes station wagon used to operate our neighbour's wireless doorbell until I fixed it with a little bit of tin-foil inside the press button unit.

That is hilarious right there...

tacfoley, my neighbor's Toyota pickup key fob did the same thing to my wireless doorbell. I finally had to change my code to fix it. The worst part was that he had to leave for work every morning at 4 AM so at 4 every morning my doorbell went off.