Recently bought a ‘99 Range Rover with what seem to be the original key FOB’s. Unfortunately they are kinda beat and have the buttons completely worn off to where they don’t light up without a small screwdriver to press the recessed metal switch.
No big deal, I’d just use the key to lock/unlock the doors...or so I thought....
Well, as many of you could have predicted...I’ve run into quite a few door latch related problems, so I decided to step back and try to get my FOB’s working again and thought I’d share my jerry rigged fix.
Here’s what my FOB’s looked like:
I dropped a .177cal/4.5mm BB (poached from my air soft gun) into each pocket to essentially extend the switch/button above the surface of the FOB cover:
Added a small piece of a headliner sample swatch over the BB’s:
Taped the swatch covered BB’s down and around the FOB (tucked into the key slot to allow the key to set back into the FOB):
And bingo bango, we have a functioning FOB (no screwdriver required):
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Sort of a fun fix, but unfortunately for me..my FOB’s still don’t actually lock/unlock the doors...not sure what else to do other than drop off the truck at the dealership along with a pile of $$$ to get the locks working.
Hope other people have better luck!!
No big deal, I’d just use the key to lock/unlock the doors...or so I thought....
Well, as many of you could have predicted...I’ve run into quite a few door latch related problems, so I decided to step back and try to get my FOB’s working again and thought I’d share my jerry rigged fix.
Here’s what my FOB’s looked like:

I dropped a .177cal/4.5mm BB (poached from my air soft gun) into each pocket to essentially extend the switch/button above the surface of the FOB cover:

Added a small piece of a headliner sample swatch over the BB’s:

Taped the swatch covered BB’s down and around the FOB (tucked into the key slot to allow the key to set back into the FOB):

And bingo bango, we have a functioning FOB (no screwdriver required):
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Sort of a fun fix, but unfortunately for me..my FOB’s still don’t actually lock/unlock the doors...not sure what else to do other than drop off the truck at the dealership along with a pile of $$$ to get the locks working.
Hope other people have better luck!!