Thanks for the reply
every1sgottablue1 .
It's a 2001/2002 model - wrx - and yes it's blue!!! :-)
I considered interference from an outside source, but the thing is that it worked fine since I moved in which is almost 2 years ago. This problem only started occuring in the last couple of months.
The only thing that has changed since then is the fact that I have got new neighbours. Could their cars be causing an issue? We also have a gated entrance into the complex and both remotes for that started playing up as well. Co-Incidence?
I did consider moving home to get around the problem ;-) but somehow I don't think my second love (i.e my wife) would appreciate that!
Thanks again for your help...