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    Long term fuel trim +18!!!

    My solution in the end was to meg it lol.
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    Long term fuel trim

    mine is the same and my short term trims are all over the place! i tried to find out what the cause was but i could not pin point it to any one thing and im not in the habbit of replacing things for the sake of it to try and rule stuff out so ive decided to leave it and see if it gets worse...
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    Keyless entry help...

    I'm so sorry but I couldn't help but laugh! That would of never crossed my mind although in our case ours is detecting a key as we can still press the button on the handle to lock and also unlock the boot and with a bizarre sequence unlock the passenger door added to that the key doesn't usually...
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    Keyless entry help...

    Other than the interior light coming on ours is the same with the two pills of the handle although since my last update it appears to be back to how it was :-(
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    Does anyone else use the torque app?

    Just wondering if anyone let uses the torque app and would be kind enough to check their long term and short term fuel trims as my e is showing a lean condition but bid like to rule out the torque app giving faulty reading before chasing the problem. Cheers
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    Keyless entry help...

    Just thought I'd add an update. It's working again! We haven't done anything to it and the wife popped out to pick one of the kids up and parked it up got out didn't lock it and when the daughter tried to get in the passenger side it locked so I assume she pressed the lock button as the car...
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    Keyless entry help...

    I've downloaded the workshop manual and read about keyless entry and it says something along the lines of it uses a beam in the handle that unlocks the doors if it detects a card and the card sends a signal back. It then says something about if it hasn't been unlocked for 72 hours it will then...
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    Keyless entry help...

    Just to add it's been tried in several locations so that should take out interference.
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    Keyless entry help...

    It was straight after changing the manifold as the wife took it to pick the kids up from school so got out and locked it as usual and then it wouldn't unlock from the passenger side when she went to open the door to let the kids in so she tried the drivers door and it still wouldn't unlock...
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    Keyless entry help...

    It's looking like it might end up going to Renault for them to plug in and have a look. Weather wise it's not changed all that much well not here in north Norfolk anyway but the problem started straight after changing the exhaust manifold and it's both handles failed at the same time. I've...
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    Keyless entry help...

    No I haven't but will have a check cheers
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    Keyless entry help...

    I've had another look and tried putting card in slot with turning ignition on and off and it's not made any difference the only thing I've noticed is that the boot will still unlock as normal.
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    Keyless entry help...

    Cheers I'll have another play with it and see what happens.
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    Keyless entry help...

    I have put it in the slot to see if anything occurred but made no odds is there any kind of method to reset it with the slot?
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    Keyless entry help...

    Yeah it is a 197 I've poked about and tried cleaning it and still nothing I just find it odd that it unlocked from both sides right up till disconnecting the battery and hasn't worked since
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    Keyless entry help...

    I'm having a problem with the keyless entry I can get out and press the button on the door handles and it locks fine however it no longer unlocks by pulling either handle It stopped working after changing the exhaust manifold which involved disconnecting the battery... is this normal?
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    Is the standard 197 manifold stainless?

    Is the standard 197 manifold stainless the reason I ask is that I'm going to be replacing the 2 flexi pipes and need to know if it's stainless or not so I know whether to buy a roll of stainless wire for my welder.....
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    Long term fuel trim +18!!!

    Hi I've not long bought the wife a 2007 197 and I decided to just check the fuel trims as it is quite thirsty and I discovered that the ltft is sitting at +18% and the short term is all over the place anywhere from +20 to -20! 02 sensors are also working as they should. I understand that it's...
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    New here looking for audio advice

    They look smart I'd of probably of been better off getting a set of them instead of buying 2 sets of vibes although being new to a 197 I think the fuel consumption is going to limit any future spends!!! Lol. Out of curiosity did you ditch the standard tweeter's?
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    New here looking for audio advice

    I've just installed the sub out of her old car which is a 12" JBL with a little alpine amp that I know nothing about and it's instantly better. The only issue now is the standard tweeters seem really loud and crackly so I poked the wires in the plug for the vibe tweeters that came with the...