HELP, keyfobs are not working!

We just got our new mini. and both keyfobs are giving up hell! they rarely work! they are supposed to recharge in the dash when driving from what i understand...they don't say they are not taking a charge or have battery issues like stated in the manual... its just that the car doesn't respond to locking or unlocking!!! or even the bootlid... the buttons just work once in a while...its REALLY annoying? Is there a trick to reprogram them to sync up with the car? i assume its supposed to happen when the key is in the car getting charged!

Seattle MINI can reprogram them to match all the options currently set on the car.  If some have not been set or the batteries were completely drained, I think you might lose some of that and it probably doesn't come back automagically with a charge.  Probably thinks it's a new unprogrammed key maybe, although as you said, it works in some cases.  Could be the receiver, but that would be odd with how new the car is.  Also, there's an old trick about the wireless signal working better if you hold the key up under your chin.....on NAM, I think, I don't remember why, but it does work.....course you look silly doing it!

have you tried the chin trick?  I'll verify that it works... not urban legend... you can also use the palm of your hand (with the key vertical, hold your hand flat over the key and point it toward the car).  I've tried it and the range is much better than the key by itself.  Of course, it might not make much difference if your key batteries are band new, but it helps with mine.

Quick!  Somebody submit this to the Mythbusters fan site.

Or maybe the more metal in one's head?  (glasses, fillings, braces, metal plate)

the more and more i read i understand the 2007+ are synced every time they are inserted in the ignition... and also will alert if batterys are going low... i'm positive the fobs are OK, but most likely its just the reciever in the mini that is as fault... the actuators work everytime if the manual key is used...not a failure there... hopefully seattle mini will make all this right and fix the problem, assuming its a reciever.   Odd problem from what i've seen, only a few people have had this problem from what i've searched online.  ONE person said the dealer had to replace the fobs and receiver as a whole unit to fix the problem...maybe that will happen to me.

Seattle should be able to fix this for you, let them know your in the club 

doesn't matter if i'm home, work, grocery store... just doesn't work about 80% of the time. After clicking the remote around 10-20 times it might work... recently, i always carry both remotes in case one works and the other doesnt...sometimes clicking them together seems to work in half as many clicks...lol. no remote is better then the other though. I just seems like the reciever in the mini is bad.  I just tinted my mini yesterday, but the problems started before that, either way the tint is ceramic and doens't interfere with any signals or electronic devices. gotta make sure i tell the dealer that too.