2007 Mini Cooper H/T Will Not Start When Key Fob is Inserted. SOLVED!

My 2007 Mini Cooper would not provide any indications once the Key Fob was inserted, brake pressed and Start/Stop button pushed. I initially thought it was the ignition assembly itself, but that didn't fix it.

At first, the problem was intermittent. I was able to press the top of the Key Fob after it was in the ignition and get it to work sometimes and then it completely stopped working. I changed the Fob battery, charged my car battery, reset everything and no luck.

The three buttons on the Key Fob all worked btw. I had no issues locking/unlocking the car or turning on the radio. I came across a random video about Key Fob circuit board repairs and it led me to resoldering/connecting the coils on this circuit board and boom!

I was literally a day away from paying the dealer hundreds of dollars for a replacement. I hear ACE hardware can duplicate the Mini Key Fob so I will try there this week. If not I will still seek a spare key. Hope this helps!

[didinahrishka]

Thank you for this video it worked for me my car wouldn’t turn ignition or any light come on with the key fob in the ignition
Great job!

[sararistictodorovic]

How did you open it with your fingers? In other videos that I've seen, a knife is used...

[mrlaw]

thanks for sharing. It did not work for me. car is still dead. Where did you get this info from? are you suppose to add solder to it? Is there a way to measure the coil to see if it has an open? Thanks