Hi folks,

 

Looking for some guidance as pretty stumped.

 

I have a 2018 Superb. Tonight, the alarm sounded. It is incredibly windy outside and I currently have a roofbox and bike on the car so assume the movement has possibly set the alarm off.

 

I went out to the car to check and silence the alarm and found that when I press the unlock button on the fob, the indicator lights flash twice but the car won't unlock. The mirrors also aren't folding out, just flashing.

 

The lock button on the fob is having no effect with no flash.

 

The little red light on the fob is still flashing when I press a button so I am assuming that's not totally flat. 

 

I will attempt to get into the car and get it started using the emergency key blade in the fob tomorrow morning but I just wondered if anyone had experienced this before? I can't seem to see anything in the manual which explains this. The fact that the car is clearly registering the fob button press (given the flashing indicators) but yet isn't unlocking seems a strange one.

 

Any pointers appreciated and praying I can get in and get it started in the morning as currently away on holiday in the middle of nowhere!!

 

Thanks 👍 

How did it go? Sometimes I have this what you mention happening in my RRP38 but well .... that is a Land Rover and strange things are expected!

Try with another fob, in case yours "lost" the synchonization with the car.

I'm afraid I am none the wiser! Car was totally dead the following morning so something had completely drained the battery but unsure what. 

 

I did hear the cooling fan going a fair while after the car was turned off but we had just done a long journey so presumed it was just doing it's job or a DPF regen but I see some threads on this forum which suggest an issue with a relay can cause the fan to run until it kills the battery so something I will need to keep an eye on over the coming weeks. 

 

Bought a jump starter kit in the meantime! 

Did you get this sorted?

5 hours ago, Maxiboyo said:

Did you get this sorted?

I did, yes. I found a thread on the forum which suggested this was a relatively known problem whereby a failed relay meant that the cooling fan kicked in after the engine was turned off and continued to run until it killed the battery. 

 

I replaced the relay for next to nothing and it's thankfully not happened again so can only assume that was indeed the issue 👍