Mine is a replacement that I bought some years ago from our sponsors.
It's still fairly "chirpy" but VCDS throws up a "low internal voltage" error and has for ages.
So, some day I'll probably open it up and replace the batteries before it gets that bad!
It's predecessor was the older shape and a real corroded mess inside, though when I cleaned it and replaced the batteries it did actually work.
But it was never great so I decided to fit one of the newer style ones and hope! (The newer shape also has a different mounting bolt so I had to get slightly creative to fix it.)
So, Jim, clean it up and fit new batteries, you never know! 
You can't go for anything too new though if you do replace them; they look the same (and have very similar part numbers) but there are subtle difference in the wiring and/or communications protocols and despite investigating for ages I never got anywhere.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.).
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 21st August 2019 at 11:06 AM.
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