espace remote plip and reciever

Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Hello,
This is my first post ,i am hoping somebody can help me.
First of all i have a 1996 renault espace,the car only came with one plip key working.i need two remote plips for my car.so i bought a plip reciever and two remotes from ebay,i swopped the reciever over in the car but the two remotes wont do anything.the two remotes are from a older renault,they dont have the keys built into then.
Is there anybody out there that knows if this older reciever should work in my espace ok ?
Regards Pete

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

depends if the espace has a rolling code immob or not doesn't it!

Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Chris H";p="98365 wrote:

depends if the espace has a rolling code immob or not doesn't it!

What does that mean,how do you know if its rolling code or not ?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

can you get a pic of the plip board?

is the board on it green or brown?

If its green then its immob code doubt it will be roliing. But you might not get the new keys to match it.

if its rollign then it won't plip or start.

Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Chris H";p="98370 wrote:

can you get a pic of the plip board?

is the board on it green or brown?

If its green then its immob code doubt it will be roliing. But you might not get the new keys to match it.

if its rollign then it won't plip or start.

The board is green on the espace but the board brown on the one from ebay.does this mean it should still work ?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

no it won't work. If you pop the boards out you wuill see the green one has a lot less parts on it. You need to use the green one.

Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Chris H";p="98372 wrote:

no it won't work. If you pop the boards out you wuill see the green one has a lot less parts on it. You need to use the green one.

ok thanks,yes i did notice the boards were different.so if i can find a green board with remotes,that should work ok ?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

no as the immob code is programmed to the ECU.

Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Chris H";p="98427 wrote:

no as the immob code is programmed to the ECU.

Ok thanks for the info.

is it only the green board programmed to the ECU ?

Is there any other place other than renault i can get my second key recoded ? the person who had the car before never changed the batteries when they went flat.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

well if its a green board new batteries on a 96 will allo wit to just work again.

If its a rollign code which it shouldnl't be you can just reprogram the other key to work again.

Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Chris H";p="98438 wrote:

well if its a green board new batteries on a 96 will allo wit to just work again.

I put new batteries in the remote,but it wont work,the red light comes on and the infra red light works when i point it to my digi camera

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

it needs to be reprogrammed to the ECU.

We have now deduced its a rollign code set up.

I done a knowledge base article on it but you don;t have access. But basically you need to go to renault to get your code (its free) and then enter it and then plip away with the 1st key then the 2nd and it will work again.

Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Do have to go to renault and take your docs for the car ? can you go to any renault dealer ?

How do you enter the code with the plips ? do you have to press it so many times according to your code ?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

go to ren with the v5, they may try and charge you make a scene and loudly ask if renault uk would condone the theft taking place by that franchise.

Any dealer yes.

You use the central locking button to enter the code, its a 4 digit code.

Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

OK will try to get to my nearest renault dealer about 15 miles away soon.

Is there a certain way you have to use the central locking button and the plips to put the code in.

sorry if i am going on,its all new to me.

Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Hello,
i been to renault and they gave me the codes.yes they gave me two codes.one for imm 1 and the other imm 2.
I found the first worked ok,i was abit confused at first because the key that never worked before was working and my other stopped working.but then i started over again and done both plips at the same time,now they both work.

thanks for your help

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

why they do this i don't know, its only 1 code you use, put 1 in with the ignition on and see if the immob light goes out

Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 10

Chris H";p="98677 wrote:

why they do this i don't know, its only 1 code you use, put 1 in with the ignition on and see if the immob light goes out

Yes i found one code worked and the other never.well happy now.

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