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lenray · Mar 17, 2015

My wife has a factory remote car start for her Lincoln. She had it in the washing machine--no workie-------------any suggestions?????

Dean · Mar 17, 2015

Let it dry out for a couple of days.

If it does not work, replace the battery.

If it still does not work, replace it.

Dean

JMS/.MN · Mar 17, 2015

I"ve heard that parts like that dry out fine in a bowl of rice.....

504 · Mar 17, 2015

Open it up(take the battery out) and put it in a bag of rice for a couple of days.

MarkB_MI · Mar 18, 2015

I dunked a GM remote in a swimming pool. The hardest part of fixing it was figuring out how to open it up. After drying it out and replacing the battery it was fine. Good luck.

Dick2 · Mar 18, 2015

Trade the car in on something practical without fancy do-dads that do nothing to aid the performance of the vehicle.

ss55 · Mar 18, 2015

Open it and let it dry out for few days. Then check the battery condition.

Check your car's manual if there are any special procedures for that remote.

dr sportster · Mar 18, 2015

Ebay 29 bucks.
If yo have replaced the factory radio it may not reprogram.

farmerwithmutt · Mar 18, 2015

Don't ask the wife why she did something stupid like that

Hendrik · Mar 18, 2015

First thing to do is removing the battery. Electrolysis will eat essential components fast!

jeffcat · Mar 18, 2015

With FORD remotes. They are made by TRW. This is the older ones like mine. Pop it open and take out batteries. Use a butter knife. The circuit board is held in with a silicon gasket. Pop that out and take it apart. Now you can let everything dry out for a couple of hours. Put her together and see what happens. Any flea market you can find someone selling the batteries or auto zone etc. Most read 3 volts. Jeffcat

dr sportster · Mar 18, 2015

You can warm up your car while still in the house get into a warmed up car and go. If your trip to work is short it greatly adds to the life of the vehicle.

dhermesc · Mar 18, 2015

Take the battery out and place it in the fridge to dry it out. About two days should do it. When you take it out of the fridge wrap it in the towel to prevent the cold parts from condensing water. Insert the battery and try it out - if it doesn't work you need a new one.

Stan in Oly, WA · Mar 18, 2015

I heard an NPR story about someone who dropped an electronic camera in a river in Wyoming where it stayed for two years before someone else saw it and got it back to the owner by posting pictures from it on Facebook (which was what the story was mainly about). Anyway, the finder got it working by doing exactly what people here are telling you: Take the batteries out and put the device in a container of uncooked rice (the uncooked part is important). Good luck. Tell us what you do and whether it works.

Stan

Bill in IL · Mar 18, 2015

Get it dry as others have said buy you will probably also need to clean the soap residue off the contacts under the buttons. Have had that problem with TV remotes before. They get tangled in with the sheets and stuck in the washer.

jeffcat · Mar 18, 2015

I always take those stories with a grain of salt. You can bet the camera was trashed but the memory card is something else. Most all of those cards are sealed and after you dry them off and put it in a card reader you stand a pretty good chance. Two of my friends fix cell phones and tablets and all of that stuff. You can't beleave what people do. Salt water is death no matter what. Fresh water if it has an SD card or Sim card you can pull up a lot of lost information. Hard drives are vented so your toast but the newer digital hard drives you may just luck out.

Richard G. · Mar 19, 2015

Wish my wife would wash her remote car start. I need a good bath.
Richard in NW SC

guido · Mar 20, 2015

Hello lenray,

Uncooked rice will do the job. Take the batteries out and anything that opens leave that way. Bury it in rice and wait. You may get lucky in a day or two.....

Guido.

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