Faithemma Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Hey I'm a new user here and I'm having some issues with my keyless entry, basically it works when it feels like it and before I buy a new remote I wanted to make sure the sensor wasn't being blocked by dust or anything - I read somwhere that this could happen - but I can't find the darn thing anyone know where it would be in a 2001 Forester? Any and all help is greatly appreciated. TIA! Faith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferret Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 What Sensor? The keyless remote is a small module on the 2001/2002 mounted in dashboard just above the foglight / cruise switches. It has an internal antenna with an average range of about 50 feet. The remotes have a small flat round battery and not only do the batteries go dead, they become weak or are susceptible to poor connections. I clean the contacts each time I replace a battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet82 Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 On a good day my remote will work at 300 ft. and 100 ft. on a bad day. Cast one more vote for....check your batteries. Good Luck, Glenn 82 SubaruHummer 84 GL Mad Max 01 Forester--Subaru keyless entry and remotes provided by EBAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithemma Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 Thanks for your input. Didn't know about the antenna vs. sensor thing and I have changed the batteries and that didn't help anything. On the other hand two days ago it just started working again. Go figure. Any other ideas/suggestions are welcome. It's working now, but who knows when it'll poop out again. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpoppeli Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I'm having the same problem and I also replaced the battery. Didn't solve anything. Wasn't going to ask on the board until I purchased a new remote to see if that fixes it. I may try contact cleaning until I get money together for a new remote though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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