1996 c4 rear hatch door switch
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From: SAINT CHARLES ILLINOIS
1996 c4 rear hatch door switch
THIS IS WEIRD! I heard a clicking noise in the garage. I have my C4 up on the lift for winter. Suddenly the hatch switch is going on and off, on and off, on and off about every 20 seconds. The dash says "Passive Keyless Entry" system. I pulled the switch out, and I was about to take the wires off the switch when I thought I would spray it with die-electric grease to make removing the wires easy.... the grease fixed the issue. Im electrical challenged 
.... anyone know why this happened and will it likely happen again? PIA with the car now in storage! thanks for reading.
PART TWO OF THIS ISSUE: Today the symptom returned same as original thread above.... hatch switch cycling on and off every 20 seconds..... Since my remote does not work and I dont need it, if I just pull the 5amp fuse that says "PKE" out of the fuse box will that disable the remote and only the remote, not affecting anything else? (thinking that may solve the cycling on/off issue). I was reading thru the red service manual and it looks like everything to do with the PKE is related to just the key fob. I remember when I purchased this 96 C4 and tried the remote the door locks would cycle on/off for no reason, so I stuck it in a drawer.
.... anyone know why this happened and will it likely happen again? PIA with the car now in storage! thanks for reading.PART TWO OF THIS ISSUE: Today the symptom returned same as original thread above.... hatch switch cycling on and off every 20 seconds..... Since my remote does not work and I dont need it, if I just pull the 5amp fuse that says "PKE" out of the fuse box will that disable the remote and only the remote, not affecting anything else? (thinking that may solve the cycling on/off issue). I was reading thru the red service manual and it looks like everything to do with the PKE is related to just the key fob. I remember when I purchased this 96 C4 and tried the remote the door locks would cycle on/off for no reason, so I stuck it in a drawer.
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Cool place to get an Owner's Manual. You can search for "PKE". You will end up on page 2-6 telling you how to turn it off.
https://justgivemethedamnmanual.com/...owners-manual/
https://justgivemethedamnmanual.com/...owners-manual/
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Today the symptom returned same as original thread.... hatch switch cycling on and off every 20 seconds..... Since my remote does not work and I dont need it, if I just pull the 5amp fuse that says PKE out of the fuse box will that disable the remote and only the remote, not affecting anything else? (thinking that may solve the cyling on/off issue)
