Hi all,
For the second time, both of my keyfobs spontaneously stopped working the remote central locking. Unlike last time the car is now out of warranty.
Over the phone, Toyota quoted £90 minimum to fix the problem, saying it could be more depending on how long it took to fix and if it was a hardware issue or not.
I couldn't believe the timing, I was driving to France the very next day for a two week holiday!! So now I would have to fit in a few hours at the Toyota garage as well as packing etc.
I did not want to spend the time or the money so I googled hard for a DIY solution.
In the end I found it on the American 'FixYa' website, it was for the American version of the Verso but the year (05) was right so I tried it.

[i]Just disconnect the car battery for a few minutes![/i]

and it worked!!! both fobs were fully functional as before

If this happens to you I recommend you try this before going to the garage
There were no ill effects from disconnecting the car battery, no radio codes required for example.

[quote name='Martin6' post='926549' date='Aug 31 2009, 09:04 PM']Hi all,
For the second time, both of my keyfobs spontaneously stopped working the remote central locking. Unlike last time the car is now out of warranty.
Over the phone, Toyota quoted £90 minimum to fix the problem, saying it could be more depending on how long it took to fix and if it was a hardware issue or not.
I couldn't believe the timing, I was driving to France the very next day for a two week holiday!! So now I would have to fit in a few hours at the Toyota garage as well as packing etc.
I did not want to spend the time or the money so I googled hard for a DIY solution.
In the end I found it on the American 'FixYa' website, it was for the American version of the Verso but the year (05) was right so I tried it.

[i]Just disconnect the car battery for a few minutes![/i]

and it worked!!! both fobs were fully functional as before

If this happens to you I recommend you try this before going to the garage
There were no ill effects from disconnecting the car battery, no radio codes required for example.[/quote]

Thanks for sharing, hopefully it will help someone else in the future.

That is also how I turned off the EML and got my car out of 'limp-home-mode'.