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Acura open and start review reveals two surprises

Acura open and start We just completed a review of 2025 and 2026 Acura open and start back-up processes and note a surprising change and a surprise period. Back-up open and start processes are necessary in the event that the battery in the key fob dies. We noticed a slight change to the start process …

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Why can’t manufacturers get owner’s manuals right?

Owner’s manuals We’ve begun an update of back-up entry and start processes for 2023 through 2025 Maserati models and find that their on-line owner’s manuals truly wanting. We struggle to understand why so many companies struggle with getting these right. None of Maserati‘s manuals are available in pdf format, so everything remains online. Of the …

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Skoda back-up open and start pages now posted on the site

Skoda back-up We put up a symbols page for this manufacturer but for some reason we had not done a set of Skoda back-up open and start pages. That oversight has now been remedied. A back-up open and start method is necessary in keyless or push button start models as the battery in the key …

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Rivian oversight corrected

Rivian oversight We decided it was time to put up a Rivian back-up entry and start page that for some reason we had never done. In the process we corrected a Rivian oversight — we had neglected to add a link to Rivian owner’s manuals on our manuals page. That oversight has been corrected. We …

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Full review of Toyota back up entry and start processes finds no changes

Toyota back up A full review of 2022 to 2024 models results in no changes to the Toyota back up entry and start page. All Toyota models use the tried and true “push the start/stop button with the back of the key fob” to start the vehicles. In fact all the company’s models have used …

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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 help all the way open …

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