Problems with the car… boo hoo…
The SU informed me yesterday that the keyless entry remote on the Mazda stopped working. Well, being the resourceful man that I am I hopped on the Mazda 6 Club forums and started asking some questions. The first couple of things were obvious. Make sure the doors, trunk, and hood are shut tight and try it again. Check. Still not working. Next suggestion is to swap out the CX-7 antenna I have on for the original stock antenna. Check. But it’s not working. Next thing on the list is to buy a new remote battery and try that. I headed out to Radio Shack (it’s nerd store and I knew they had batteries of all kinds) and picked up a new 3V CR2025 coin cell battery. I came home, popped open the remote, swapped the battery out and with much anticipation headed out to the car to try it out. I press the unlock button and I get nothing. I tried every button on the remote and it still doesn’t respond. It looks like I’m off to the Dealership tomorrow (yeah they’re open on Saturday) to see if they can find the problem. Hopefully, this’ll be covered under the warranty. Otherwise, it’ll probably just have to wait.