its definately the press 5 times unlock or lock to get it to beep

its in the actual manual!

in regeards to the remote not working, i had the same problem when parking in certain spots in the city tat have alot of radio interference, might be jamming the signal!

this is in my garage though so i dont think there is much interference.

You sure it just isnt interference ?

I have a wireless bell which sometimes if jammed in will block out my remote signals.

Is it happening all the time or just around the house ?

it happens mostly around the house. and once so far at a park

The remote opening of doors can fail sometimes due to unexplained interference and/or low battery in the remote...the battery power can sometimes be ascertained by the distance from the car one needs to stand to make it operate the central locking. Batteries are fairly easy to change and aren't too expensive.
This has occasionally happened to me and with the spare key too....usually works if you stand right next to the driver's door and point it at the module.
Once it has worked it seems then to be OK...go figure.
But saying all that I wouldn't change the Brant for quids...the peace of mind knowing that the car can't be started without the code far outweighs slight annoyances.
It may also be worthwhile to reset the Brant if all else fails.

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ill try replacing the battery in the remote this avo when i pick up the car from ASG

havnt had a chance to replace the battery yet. can someone tell me what type of battery is inside? my remote is held together by tape so i dont want to open it until i know i can get/have a battery for it. thanks

Ive had to replace mine before, for the same reasons!, if i recal it was a little flat silver 3 volt battery. I got mine from a service station.

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ah ok, is it just one battery? might go down to kmart and see

Bringing up an old thread here, but I have the exact same issue.

Unlocking with the key does nothing, have to manually unlock doors, but then alarm goes off.

When it happens, what I have to do is leave the car for about 5 minutes, come back, and me key will start working again.

Same issue with main and spare key doing it. Going to grab some new batterys tomorrow.

Could it be related to having my Brant bypassed by ASG? Has only started since that happened.

Cheers.