How to Open a Mini with a Dead Key Fob We have three key styles to describe as well as three opening variations that include key holes that are hiding. A mechanical key will will be needed to unlock your vehicle. But first, if you are already inside, click here for help getting started! Second, …
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Maserati rewrites the book on back-up open procedures
Back-up open A review of Maserati back-up open procedures finds big changes. Key holes are now hidden across the line and, in fact, the line up itself is all new. Back-up entry options are made necessary for those moments when the battery in the key fob dies. Gone are the Ghibli, Levante, and Quatroport. In …
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Vauxhall and Opel back-up open review finds a single change
Vauxhall and Opel back-up open A full review of Vauxhall and Opel back-up open processes results in a single update in the Grandland. Back-up open procedures are made necessary by the batteries in key fobs dying. On rare occasions radio interference from other sources may also block a key fob’s signal. Grandland models As of …
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Hyundai, Kia, Genesis back up entry page overhaul is complete
Back up entry page overhaul We just completed the last step of a Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis back up entry page overhaul. The intent is to fully separate the three manufacturers who now have way too many back up entry processes. As a first step, we separated Genesis, admittedly the simplest of the three. Overall, …
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Open a Kia with a Dead Key Fob
How to Open a Kia with a Dead Key Fob First, if you are already inside, click here for help getting started! Second, you can find video help here! Finally, if you need or want another manufacturer, click here. Retrieving the mechanical key Kia has used a flip key key fob since 2015 and they …
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Open an Alfa Romeo with a Dead Key Fob
How to Open an Alfa Romeo with a Dead Key Fob First, if you are already inside, click here for help getting started! Second, you can find video help here! Finally, if you need another manufacturer, click here. Alfa Romeo introduced push button start in the new Giulia model in 2017, followed by the Stelvio …
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Mercedes-Benz Smart cars being added to our dead key fob pages
Mercedes-Benz Smart cars We have begun the process of adding Mercedes-Benz Smart cars to our dead key fob pages. We just finished a page with text instructions and images helping drivers get inside if the battery in the key fob has died. And the company doesn’t make it easy or obvious. Even the Fortwo models, …
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