Some pretty sketchy stories. Proximity keys work outside the vehicle to unlock/lock doors. Vehicles won’t start with keys outside vehicle- yes the vehicle can detect if keys are inside or outside the vehicle.
IMHO, it’s just another POS electronic system that will fail at the most inopportune time possible. Probably next to impossible to troubleshoot even with a code reader.
Some pretty sketchy stories. Proximity keys work outside the vehicle to unlock/lock doors. Vehicles won’t start with keys outside vehicle- yes the vehicle can detect if keys are inside or outside the vehicle.
This.
-Ken
" Wont " aint the same as " isnt supposed to " LOL
Some pretty sketchy stories. Proximity keys work outside the vehicle to unlock/lock doors. Vehicles won’t start with keys outside vehicle- yes the vehicle can detect if keys are inside or outside the vehicle.
This.
-Ken
Nope. I have a 2020 Chevy Trail Boss truck with push button start. The truck will start with the keys outside of the truck but in close proximity.
Some pretty sketchy stories. Proximity keys work outside the vehicle to unlock/lock doors. Vehicles won’t start with keys outside vehicle- yes the vehicle can detect if keys are inside or outside the vehicle.
This.
-Ken
Nope. I have a 2020 Chevy Trail Boss truck with push button start. The truck will start with the keys outside of the truck but in close proximity.
Mine requires the brake depressed - odd the Chevy doesn't.
My 52 Buick had a push button start and I didn't mind it. My '51 chevy has the starter button on the floor. My new Mazda has a push button start which works a lot like the one in the Buick. The only difference that I can see is, if the Buick's messed up, a replacement was about 2 bucks. I hate to think what the Mazda's would be. Mazda has an electric parking brake; so does my 32 year old F800. I'm pretty sure they work a little differently though. GD
Some pretty sketchy stories. Proximity keys work outside the vehicle to unlock/lock doors. Vehicles won’t start with keys outside vehicle- yes the vehicle can detect if keys are inside or outside the vehicle.
This.
-Ken
Nope. I have a 2020 Chevy Trail Boss truck with push button start. The truck will start with the keys outside of the truck but in close proximity.
Mine requires the brake depressed - odd the Chevy doesn't.
Having the keys outside of the truck has nothing to do with pressing the brake. I can put the key faub 2 feet away on the ground. Get in the truck, press the brake and it will start. I have not tried driving away from the keys, not sure what happens then.
Some pretty sketchy stories. Proximity keys work outside the vehicle to unlock/lock doors. Vehicles won’t start with keys outside vehicle- yes the vehicle can detect if keys are inside or outside the vehicle.
This.
-Ken
Remote start is just exactly that - remote.
Mine works 30+ feet away from inside the house. Outside, it works more than 50+ feet away.
If the engine is running and you leave the vehicle with the fob, lots of warning bells and dash info is displayed. Hard to ignore.
I thought of something the other day…what happens with locked doors if the key fob battery completely dies?
A few years ago at a dealer I worked at, a lady walked into the service office sobbing that she was locked out of her car, and the "clicker " wouldn't work, and BOOHOO BOOHOO she couldn't get in. The shop foreman walked next door to the shopping center where she was parked, and tried the " clicker " and the batteries were for sure dead. He stuck the key in the door and unlocked it and got inside to see if something might be obviously wrong, and she started hollering HOW DID YOU GET IN THERE? ! ? ! ?
