Tag: mechanical key

Open a Karma with a Dead Key Fob

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How to Open a Karma with a Dead Key Fob.  This page holds the emergency open or back-up open 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’re looking for access to other models). But first, if you are …

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Newest Lexus door handle is a step backwards, prompting this rant

Lexus door handle I recently had the opportunity to work with the latest Lexus door handle and simply can’t shake the idea that the handle is a huge step backwards and completely unnecessary. Let me explain. Lexus, at the advent of keyless open and start, was one of the first auto manufacturers to hide the …

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Open a Smart with a Dead Key Fob

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Getting into your Smart Open a Smart. This page holds all of the emergency open or back-up open procedures needed for Smart vehicles if the battery in the key fob dies or if there are electrical signals interfering with the fob. Smart manufactured the Fortwo model as a two-seater city car a as division of …

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Why the alarm sounds when using the mechanical key belonging to the proper vehicle!

Using the mechanical key We just dropped a video on YouTube discussing why using the mechanical key sets off the alarm in the vehicle the key belongs to! We discussed it in a post earlier here, but thought we should inform our subscribers. We note in the middle of our videos that the alarm may …

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Open a Kia with a Dead Key Fob

How to Open a Kia with a Dead Key Fob This page holds all of the emergency open or back-up open procedures needed for Kia vehicles if the battery in the key fob dies or if there are electrical signals interfering with the fob. First, if you are already inside, click here for help getting …

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New video dropped on our YouTube channel: Open and Start a Kia EV9 with a dead key fob battery

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Open and Start a Kia EV9 We have added a video to our YouTube channel demonstrating how to open and start a Kia EV9 with a dead key fob battery. The model offers a new and unique key hole cover to overcome (below right). The door handle needs to be held all the way open …

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Start a Mercedes-Benz with a Dead Key Fob

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How to Start a Mercedes-Benz with a Dead Key Fob This page holds all of the emergency start or back-up start procedures needed for Mercedes-Benz vehicles if the battery in the key fob dies or if there are electrical signals interfering with the fob. Starting Your Mercedes-Benz But first, if you are still locked out, …

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