This is the first time we have been on here but I am a member of Rover 75 website.
We bought a 2005 45 facelift model 1.6 petrol in April and it has been no trouble at all until yesterday. As we didn't have time to wash the car ourselves, we called in at a hand car wash where we have been before and had no bother. We left the car unlocked and my wife took the keys out while it was being washed and then cleaned inside. The car wash people opened and closed the doors and boot lid ( boot lid using the key fob button ) a few times. When we got back in to drive away the alarm came on and we couldn't start the car. We looked in the owners handbook which said we could reset the immobiliser using the code number ( presumably the one on the small metal tag on our key fob ) using the key in the drivers door lock turning towards the unlock position the number of turns of the first digit of the code and then towards the lock position the number of turns of the second code digit and so on. However, before we could finish this, the alarm went off. We tried a few times and finally decided to call our Green Flag number. Although the recovery driver had come only to load the car and take us home he tried to reset by removing the battery for 10 minutes, checked the fuses related the the immobiliser, but gave up and took us home. We have called a local auto electrician who is supposed to be coming to look at the car tomorrow.
Does anyone know the likely cause of this problem? I suspected that it was caused by the key being removed and then opening/closing doors and bootlid as I normally leave the key in at the hand car wash but perhaps this is just coincidental?
Any info or help would be appreciated. If the auto electrician sorts it I will put it on this site for other members incase its helpful to anyone who has a similar problem.
We bought a 2005 45 facelift model 1.6 petrol in April and it has been no trouble at all until yesterday. As we didn't have time to wash the car ourselves, we called in at a hand car wash where we have been before and had no bother. We left the car unlocked and my wife took the keys out while it was being washed and then cleaned inside. The car wash people opened and closed the doors and boot lid ( boot lid using the key fob button ) a few times. When we got back in to drive away the alarm came on and we couldn't start the car. We looked in the owners handbook which said we could reset the immobiliser using the code number ( presumably the one on the small metal tag on our key fob ) using the key in the drivers door lock turning towards the unlock position the number of turns of the first digit of the code and then towards the lock position the number of turns of the second code digit and so on. However, before we could finish this, the alarm went off. We tried a few times and finally decided to call our Green Flag number. Although the recovery driver had come only to load the car and take us home he tried to reset by removing the battery for 10 minutes, checked the fuses related the the immobiliser, but gave up and took us home. We have called a local auto electrician who is supposed to be coming to look at the car tomorrow.
Does anyone know the likely cause of this problem? I suspected that it was caused by the key being removed and then opening/closing doors and bootlid as I normally leave the key in at the hand car wash but perhaps this is just coincidental?
Any info or help would be appreciated. If the auto electrician sorts it I will put it on this site for other members incase its helpful to anyone who has a similar problem.