Category: Dead Key FOBS

New video on our YouTube channel: Open, Start a Cadillac Lyriq EV with a dead key fob battery

Lyriq key hole

Open, start a Cadillac Lyriq We got our hands on a new EV (electric vehicle) and had the opportunity to demonstrate how to open, start a Cadillac Lyriq with a non-functioning key fob. The Lyriq does not have a key hole in or on the driver’s door, but the car does make use of a …

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A separate Land Rover back-up open page created

Land Rover back-up open Jaguar and Land Rover back-up open information is now found on two separate pages. We made a new page for Land Rover vehicles to accommodate this. The original page was then reset for Jaguar models only. Back-up open procedures are made necessary by the loss of battery power in the key …

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A new separate Land Rover back-up start page is up at the site

Land Rover back-up start After updating Land Rover back-up start procedures it was clear that the company needed its own page. That page is now up. Jaguar gets to keep the original. When we first made the page, the sister companies shared nearly identical procedures, back up start locations and key fobs. Over time, those …

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Start a Land Rover with a Dead Key Fob

How to Start a Land Rover with a Dead Key Fob Starting Your Land Rover First, if you are still locked out, click here for help getting inside! Second, for video help, click here! Finally, if you need or want another manufacturer, click here. Land Rover models use three areas as back-up start locations. Two …

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Jaguar back-up start option reveals three model changes

Jaguar back-up start An update of Jaguar back-up start locations finds changes in three models: the XE, XF, and F-Pace. All the changes came in 2020 and 2021 — its been too long since we updated! If you’re wondering, back-up start locations are made necessary when the battery in the key fob is depleted, which …

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Land Rover back-up start option for “New” Range Rover’s lands in an awkward spot

Land Rover back-up start A full update of Land Rover back-up start locations hides in not so plain site. To get at it — and the associated USB ports — the cup holders need to be moved out of the way! Back-up start locations are made necessary when the battery in the key fob is …

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Jaguar back-up entry review turns up one addition

Jaguar back-up entry After the Land Rover entry update, we shifted to update the sister company Jaguar back-up entry. The two companies currently share a page, but it reads poorly and they will need to be separated. In any case, we found a single change involving the F-Type, and its something we had evidently simply …

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