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My ceiling fan stopped responding to my remote control. The fan does not shut off and continuously runs on high speed unless I cut the power.
The remote has a separate button for the light and other buttons for the speed
The light on the remote does turn on when buttons pressed.
Is this a receiver issue?
If you still have or can obtain the instructions for the remote, you could try re-pairing the remote to the fan control. Yes the light still works, but the little computers inside (everything nowadays has little computers inside) may need a hard reset.
It is also possible that the fan part of the receiver's electronics has failed "on". If so, time for a new remote & receiver.
This is a long shot, but it has happened to me so I'll mention it. One day all my remotes in the living room stopped working at the same time. I found that someone had put a book down on top of a little-used remote, pressing one of its buttons. It was emitting a continuous IR beam with its digital encoding that completely scrambled any other attempt by another remote to communicate with its receiver.
So look for a remote in the room that is interfering with your fan remote. A phone camera can usually see an IR remote that is transmitting as a little white dot on the business end of the remote.
