factory keyless entry remotes acting up

[jeffl9682]

i have an 04 gt with the factory keyless entry remotes. the black ones that have lock, unlock, panic and trunk. i been recently having problems with them working on occasion. sometimes they work fine but others i have to press the lock a bunch of times to get the doors to lock and for the horn to beep. at first i thought it might be that i was to far away so i tried it closer and still got nothin. then after a few tries it finally started to work. this happens on prob 2 out of 5 times. the first thing i tried was replacing the battery in the remotes but even with a brand new battery it still does it.
i was thinking i prob need new remotes but it could prob also be the brain inside the vehicle to right?

jeff

 

[LaserSVT]

Just pull apart the remotes and clean the battery and button contacts. They just get dirty over time and get finiky.

 

[96GTstang46]

Otherwise a friend of mine lost his, went to ford and they got him a new one, programed it for 45bucks.. not like you wanna spend it on that, but they are really nice to have..

 

[LaserSVT]

I also bought one of them with the pony on it on ebay for $30 shipped and it comes with the programming instructions, real easy to program.