Falcon with a Mind of It’s Own

Is your Falcon keeping you awake at night?

falcon-car-remoteCOMPLAINT

The vehicle horn/alarm sounding at night intermittently, door locks cycling, or the vehicle mysteriously unlocking at home.

CAUSE

This problem usually arises when the vehicle is at home and has been believed to be a body control module issue (some of these issues are due to defective BCM). Long forgotten is the spare key fob unit which is usually thrown in the cupboard or dresser drawer in the bedroom, never to see the light of day for months, if not years. Remember, there is a battery in the spare remote, usually alkaline in design, containing an electrolyte which is susceptible to leaking over time. After months go by, the electrolyte decides it’s time to leak all over the internals of the key fob. The fob is a transmitter after all, so short circuits begin and the transmitter does what it is supposed to do …transmit. House walls are not effective enough to block key fob transmissions, hence the car horn sounding and door locks cycling.

Keep this in mind for more than just Falcons because all models with batteries are potentially at risk. Regularly check and replace your customer’s key fob batteries, remind them of the spare fobs and the potential for battery leakage, and get them to bring the spares in for servicing. The process is outlined in Autodata key programming. Pick up extra income stream for your business, stock the popular batteries in your workshop and include key fob checking/battery  replacement as part of your servicing regime.

Falcon with a Mind of It’s Own
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