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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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Open a Mini with a Dead Key Fob

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

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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 emergency open review finds a single change

Vauxhall and Opel emergency open A full review of Vauxhall and Opel emergency open or 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 …

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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 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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Open an Alfa Romeo with a Dead Key Fob

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How to Open an Alfa Romeo with a Dead Key Fob This page holds all of the emergency open or back-up open procedures needed for Alfa Romeo 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 …

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