Tag: key fob

Open a Tesla with a Dead Key Fob or Mobile Phone

Model X open

How to Open a Tesla with a Dead Key Fob or Mobile Phone Getting into Your Tesla First, if you are already inside, click here for help getting started! Second, for video help, click here! Finally, if you need or want another manufacturer, click here. Model S, through 2020 There are now three back up …

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U.S. Cars Sold Overseas Leave Drivers in the Dark

Malibu console

Drivers in the Dark, Part 1 Over the last several months we have been contacted by two drivers of U.S. cars sold and likely built overseas who could not find a back-up spot to drop the key fob in the event of the fob’s battery dying. Well, a good deal of sleuthing and a hunch …

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Open a Porsche with a Dead Key Fob

Cayenne and Panamera buck up open

How to Open a Porsche with a Dead Key Fob Getting into Your Porsche First, if you are already inside, click here for help getting started! Second, for video help, click here! Finally, if you need or want another manufacturer, click here. Retrieving the Mechanical Key A Porsche key fob is shaped cleverly like a …

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Porsche Videos: Help with Key Not Working

How to Open, Start and Replace Fob Batteries in Porsche Vehicles Thus far we have three videos to help Porsche owners with Help with Key Not Working This video demonstrates getting into and starting a late model Entry & Drive equipped Porsche with a visible key hole or a key hole hiding behind a split …

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BMW’s Display Key Fob Can Be Recharged!

A Rechargeable Key Fob In an absolute first, as well as a “why didn’t anyone do this before” moment, BMW is making a new key fob that holds a rechargeable battery. With key fobs constantly dying in push button start cars, this is an idea that is long overdue. Followed by a step back … …

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Wait, you were locked IN the car?

Mazda Inside Lock Switch

Locked IN?? A few months ago, an item out of New Zealand relayed a story of an older couple who spent 13 hours locked inside their new keyless start Mazda, and nearly died. They had left the key fob outside the car and mistakenly thought that it was the only way to unlock the car. …

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A Tale of Four Drivers – And the Car Dealers That Failed Them

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Four Drivers Car dealers found themselves on the wrong side of three customers who contacted us over the last week or so. They, plus a fourth who skipped his dealer, have something to teach those of us in the auto industry. Number 1 Our first case involved a dying key fob. Fortunately, her car continued …

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