WHILST VISITING SKIPTON AND PARKING IN THE MAIN CAR PARK I COULDNT LOCK THE DOORS USING THE REMOTE CONTROL THIS MEANT THAT THE ALARM DIDNT WORK EITHER.THE PROBLEM THEN IS THAT THE IMMOBILISER CAN'T BE OPERATED OR UNSET MAKING THE CAR IMPOSSIBLE TO START AGAIN.FROTUNATLY I HAD THE PIN FOR THE OVERIDE KEYPAD.WHEN I RANG THE LOCAL SUBARU AGENT THE TOLD ME THAT THE MOBILE TELEPHONE MAST IN SKIPTON BLOCKS THE SIGNAL FROM THE REMOTE CONTROLS IN SUBARUS /BMW AND FEW OTHERS AND IT IS QUITE COMMON.IT ALSO EFFECTS SOME CARS IN HARROGATE AND PARTS OF LANCASHIRE.THERE IS MOD AVAILABLE WHICH HAS TO FITTED BY THE DEALER AT A COST OF £35.
IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU TRY SHIELDING YOUR REMOTE OR TRY MOVING THE CAR UNTIL IT WORKS..THIS COULD SAVE YOU A BREAKDOWN CALLOUT