Marc Favreau

The author has 30+ years of automotive experience and has assembled the most extensive collection of symbols and warning lights anywhere (over 1,000!) and can help you open and start any keyless start car with a dead key fob battery. BA, St. Joseph's, ME: MS, RPI, NY

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Updated Open and Start Audi A3 and Q3 video dropped on our YouTube channel

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Open and Start Audi A3 and Q3 We recently updated our video demonstrating how to open and start Audi A3 and Q3 with a dead key fob battery. As of 2020, the models hide the key hole behind a cap at the back of the driver’s door handle, but we get you past this obstacle. …

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Volvo dashboard symbols update adds 10 indicators and a big surprise

Volvo dashboard symbols update We completed our 2024 Volvo dashboard symbols update and added 10 indicators. But what is notable and truly surprising is what images that are not present. Despite having now three pure electric models, the C40, which is now the EC40 and EX40 EVs, there are no warning indicators available if a problem …

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Volvo EV back up start focused on the center console

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Volvo EV back up start Until the 2021 model year, all redesigned keyless start Volvo models used a cup holder as a back up start location. But the Volvo EV back up start location has migrated to the center console. Volvo introduced the company’s first all electric model, the XC40. The C40 (now the EC40) …

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Tonale back up start spot is a departure for Alfo Romeo

Tonale back up start Alfa Romeo introduced a new model in 2023 and with it came a new back up start spot, necessary if and when the battery in the key fob dies. The Tonale back up start start spot is inside the front cup holder (below right). In fact, its a match to the …

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Polestar back up entry and start update points to manufacturer schizophrenia

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Polestar back up entry and start update Our latest Polestar back up entry and start update really points to a manufacturer trying to figure it out. The schizophrenia leads to each new model having a different back up entry process and, while both the Polestar 3 and Polestar 4 use essentially the same back up …

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New BMW open and start video for 2021-2024 models with a dead key fob battery, EVs included

New BMW open and start video We recently dropped a new BMW open and start video to our YouTube channel to help drivers when the battery in their key fob dies. The video covers 2021 and newer BMW 4-Series, 5-Series, and 7-Series electric and gas powered sedans as well the larger X-Series SUVs The video …

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Auto Liftgate Fault Warning

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Auto Liftgate This is an Auto Liftgate Fault Warning Indicator symbol. It appears as the back of a car with the liftgate or trunk open and and exclamation point. The letter A is added for no particular reason. The warning light will be seen when there is a fault detected with the auto liftgate, possibly …

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