My 2005 mini Cooper does not work with the key fob. I hav...

My 2005 mini Cooper does not work with the key fob. I have to manually open the door and obviously its same key for ignition. I'm asking if I took out the circuit board from inside the key would that have any effect on the car wor...

My 2005 mini Cooper does not work with the key fob. I have to manually open the door and obviously its same key for ignition. I'm asking if I took out the circuit board from inside the key would that have any effect on the car working. Today I did that, this morning used the car no problem with the circuit in key and battery even though the key since I've had it has never worked remotely but then took out circuit later and went to car, opened it and put in ignition and it would not work. Lights work, windscreen wipers etc but car won't start up. Is this the key circuit or nothing to do with it.??? 郎 Mechanic's Assistant: Have you checked the fob's battery? No, I know this may sound thick but how am I meant to do that when the whole fob didn't work when I got it Mechanic's Assistant: Are you fixing your Mini Cooper yourself? What have you tried so far? Lol, trust me im NO mechanic, I tried taking the battery away from circuit board but it had a little lever thing which made it difficult for me to remove so I thought better than to mess with it Mechanic's Assistant: Anything else you want the Mechanic to know before I connect you? The cars just had its yearly MOT Jan 7th and a few things got fixed so it