Help - Remote Keyless Entry / Homelink Garage opener weak?

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Kamloops

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SOLVED Help - Remote Keyless Entry / Homelink Garage opener weak?

I have a 2004.5 Ram 3500. I went fishing the other day, and when I got home my garage door would not open with home link until I was almost touching it with the front of my truck. Also the Remote Keyless entry is the same way , I have to be almost touching the truck, and I have to hold the lock/unlock button for a while and walk around the truck until it works. I used to be able to use the RKE from in my house with truck on the street. I put new batteries in both my key fobs and reprogrammed them but made no difference at all.

The only thing I can think of is the road I took to go fishing was bumpy and dusty, I took it easy buy maybe something jarred loose? It is strange it is both the homelink and the keyless entry, do they share an antenna or something?
 
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Kamloops

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Solved - I ended up pulling the IOD Fuse #51 for a few minutes, I put it back in and still had the issue but later in the day everything worked fine. I had not driven the truck at all. Also just before by issue with the homelink and Remote Keyless entry my signal lights had gone wonky as well. Its all good not, so if you have any strange electrical issues I suggest pulling that fuse for a few minutes.

Here is some info about that fuse

IOD FUSE
DESCRIPTION
All vehicles are equipped with an Ignition-Off
Draw (IOD) fuse that is disconnected within the Integrated
Power Module when the vehicle is shipped
from the factory. Dealer personnel are to reconnect
the IOD fuse in the Integrated Power Module as part
of the preparation procedures performed just prior to
new vehicle delivery.
A laser printed fuse layout map is integral to the
Integrated Power Module cover to ensure proper fuse
identification. The IOD fuse is a 20 ampere mini
blade-type fuse, located in fuse cavity # 51 (Fig. 6).
The fuse is secured within a black molded plastic
fuse holder and puller unit that serves both as a tool
for disconnecting and reconnecting the fuse in its
Integrated Power Module cavity, and as a fuse holder
that conveniently stores the fuse in the same Integrated
Power Module cavity after it has been disconnected.
CIRCUITS INCLUDED WITH IOD FUSE
² Cluster (CCN)
² Diagnostic Connector
² Map Lamps
² Glove Box Lamp
² Courtesy Lamps
² Radio
² Underhood Lamp
OPERATION
The term ignition-off draw identifies a normal condition
where power is being drained from the battery
with the ignition switch in the Off position. The IOD
fuse feeds the memory and sleep mode functions for
some of the electronic modules in the vehicle as well
as various other accessories that require battery current
when the ignition switch is in the Off position.
The only reason the IOD fuse is disconnected is to
reduce the normal IOD of the vehicle electrical system
during new vehicle transportation and pre-delivery
storage to reduce battery depletion, while still
allowing vehicle operation so that the vehicle can be
loaded, unloaded and moved as needed by both vehicle
transportation company and dealer personnel.
The IOD fuse is disconnected from Integrated
Power Module fuse cavity # 51 when the vehicle is
shipped from the assembly plant. Dealer personnel
must reconnect the IOD fuse when the vehicle is
being prepared for delivery in order to restore full
electrical system operation. Once the vehicle is prepared
for delivery, the IOD function of this fuse
becomes transparent and the fuse that has been
assigned the IOD designation becomes only another
Fused B(+) circuit fuse.
The IOD fuse can be used by the vehicle owner as
a convenient means of reducing battery depletion
when a vehicle is to be stored for periods not to
exceed about thirty days. However, it must be
remembered that disconnecting the IOD fuse will not
eliminate IOD, but only reduce this normal condition.
If a vehicle will be stored for more than about thirty
days, the battery negative cable should be disconnected
to eliminate normal IOD; and, the battery
should be tested and recharged at regular intervals
during the vehicle storage period to prevent the battery
from becoming discharged or damaged.
REMOVAL
The Ignition-Off Draw (IOD) fuse is disconnected
from Integrated Power Module fuse cavity # 51 when
the vehicle is shipped from the assembly plant.
Dealer personnel must reconnect the IOD fuse when
the vehicle is being prepared for delivery in order to
restore full electrical system operation.
(1) Turn the ignition switch to the Off position.
(2) Remove the Integrated Power Module cover.
(3) Grasp the outer tabs of the IOD fuse holder
unit in fuse cavity # 51 between the thumb and forefinger
and pull the unit firmly upward.
(4) Install the Integrated Power Module cover.
 
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