306 Remote Key

When I bought my car it only came with the standard key. So I bought a
remote key off ebay, hopeing I could program it myself using these
http://tinyurl.com/cp5qn instructions. So far no luck, the car is a Peugeot
306 L, 1.4, 1998, R Registered. The key I got off ebay does not have a
little LED light on it, so I can't tell if its workin gor not, but I have
put in a brand new battery. Inside the key it has a "transponder ?", a small
rectangular piece of plastic with lots of numbers on it near the key end of
the fob. Have I got the wrong key off ebay, or should this one work ok ? I
guess also the infra red part in the car could be faulty..

Any help appreciated.

 

It sounds like you well have bought a wireless key off ebay and not an
infra-red one.I got ripped off by an ebay trader who described his key as
suitable for the 405 which only ever had the infra-red version. Any
attempts at getting my money back were futile and now he has disappeared
off ebay. He said I should have checked the picture which was no excuse -
side on these key fobs look identical.

Check your key - it should have a clear LED at the key end of the fob. If
it hasn't you have a wireless one. My local Pug dealer has boxes of these
wireless ones but no infra red ones. A new replacement infra-red one costs
around £90 from a main dealer and they are harder to find on ebay. The
wireless ones are there regularly but have to be programmed by a dealer via
a lap-top which is normally chargeable.

Jim

 

Jim , you are dead right, just checked the auction and it says RF, grr I
can't believe I was so stupid to miss that. I will re sell it on Ebay and
try and get the IR version. Thanks for your help !

 

Try

http://www.peugeotdiesel.com/

Alec

 

At least the ebay advert you bid on described it as a radio key. It doesn't
make you feel any better though!

Make sure you advertise it properly yourself on ebay

To be honest I think I would prefer to buy the RF version new from the
dealer - they have to programme it anyway and at least you would have a
warranty.

Good luck in getting an IR one. Mines still works but eats up batteries for
fun.

Jim

 

No good because sadly he has purchased an RF key and needs to be re-
programmed by dealership via computer.

Jim

 

My car is a 1999 306 and the key is RF (Peugeot).

There is no IR window at all on the key (I have checked inside when I
changed the battery)

The procedure at http://www.peugeotdiesel.com/ worked fine for me after the
key lost it's code when the battery died.

Perhaps they have changed how the RF keys work.

Alec

 

"> My car is a 1999 306 and the key is RF (Peugeot).

Look in the car at the area by the interior light. Is there a black bubble
there? This is the receiver for the IR. If you don't have one, then the
system is RF.
Bear in mind that there are two different IR keys, one button and two
button.

 

Presumably the RF remote system was installed on the revamped 306 in
1999 - the models with colour coded bumpers throughout the range?

 

wrote in

Correct.

The infra-red system was a complete joke anyway!