Start a Karma with a Dead Key Fob

How to Start a Karma with a Dead Key Fob.

This page holds the emergency start or back-up start procedures needed for Karma Revero vehicles if the battery in the key fob dies or if there are electrical signals interfering with the fob. (We are hunting for the remaining models!)

• But first, if you are still locked out, click here for help getting inside!
• Finally, if you need another manufacturer, click here.

Starting the Karma Revero

To start Karma Revero models, hold the key fob next to the driver exterior side mirror mounting bracket with the buttons facing away from the vehicle (right).  While holding the fob in this position, depress the brake pedal and press and release the Start/Stop button to put the vehicle in Drive mode.

The image looks for all the world like the fob needs to be on the outside of the door, which will make this a really neat trick. Try it inside first!

Note: If you have made an attempt to start the vehicle without success, there may be residual pressure in the brake system and a new warning light may appear (left) or text message to Step on the Brake. Press the brake pedal very, very hard when trying to start the vehicle again to be sure that the release switch behind the pedal is engaged. Or wait a few minutes and try again.

Smart Keys or Intelligent Keys, or Access Keys – or whatever the manufacturer of your chooses to call them – that let you into your car and start it with just a touch use up their internal batteries at alarming rates, catching busy drivers unawares – even though the car had tried to warn you.

Our goal is to help you feel safe – and keep you moving or get you moving if at all possible – rather than leave you fretting whenever your key fob stops working. The instructions for getting into and starting most keyless start cars can be found on our pages – without roadside assistance.

Models examined include the Revero. Model years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.

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