Help immobiliser frozen?AGAIN

Please help.

Just tried to start my Golf & the immobiliser is staying on, it's a Clifford Virtualkey2 the idea is that you press a fob against the steering column & the car starts, however this morning it's staying on. There are no batteries in the fob so that can't be the problem.

Can an electronic device be affected by the cold (it's -8 degrees)?

EDIT;It's just happened again & it's only -1 degrees

 

well i've no idea what caused this but I've had an electric fan heater running inside the car for 1/2 hour & the car started normally.

Bizarre

 

iv had a problem with mine on the mk1 since the cold weather, dont know if its coincidence though.

 

I know nothing about electronic gizmos but logically i can't see how anything with no battery or moving parts can be effected by cold nevertheless that is what apperas to ahve happened.

 

We often test electronic circuit boards at work down to -40 or so, and they're usually fine at that.
What can be problematic is condensation forming if unsealed electronics goes through the 'dew-point' and gets wet.

 

OK, this is weird, it's only minus 1 today but I didn't use the car yesterday & the same thing has happened.

Fan heater back in car

 

If it's just a coil in there that induces a current I can't see how that would be affected
It's not something like a reed switch I suppose, that possibly could be affected by the cold (???)

 

I have Clifford Virtualkey2

Get this problem also. My cure is to heat the fob sensing wire loop with a lighter.

 

Thanks

Didn't think of using a lighter, hairdrier didn't work but a lighter is a damned sight quicker than a fan heater.

 

set fire to it, problem solved.

 

i had a virtual key in an xr2i years ago and it was random as f**k all the time
take it out and have a different one fitted