Remote Control strange behavior

[geminiys]

My Original Remote Control for XC70, 2005 worked fine until battery died completely. I have replaced it with a new one and now I have to push 'Lock' and 'Unlock' buttons 3 times to have it do what I need to do. Is there anything I can do to have this fixed or 'Stealer' reprogramming is required? Thanks

[yagger]

Most likely chip in the remote control broken. Need to prepare and replace chip, or program new remote control.

[geminiys]

Thanks for reply.
If chip (I assume you are referring to IC - Integrated Circuit) is broken, why does it work at all? It works, except I have to push a button 3 times for it to take an effect. I could be wrong, but I think something else is going on here.

[jonesg]

Thanks for reply.
If chip (I assume you are referring to IC - Integrated Circuit) is broken, why does it work at all? It works, except I have to push a button 3 times for it to take an effect. I could be wrong, but I think something else is going on here.

Try removing battery and cleaning contacts.
I often have to push mine a few times, it seems to work better at a distance than close up.
It always works so I don't bother with it.

[yagger]

This chip has eeprom inside. There are many bits like 0 and 1. If some bit froze to some position lake 0 or 1 all time, you can get valid pattern every 2, (every 3,4,5,6...). Depends from frozen (broken) bit inside.