Another Stupid Question (From Me)
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Another Stupid Question (From Me)
I had just finished installing some of the "red letters" on my fuel rail covers. I had laid my keys on the seat of the car and the driver's door was open. While in the back of the garage my 9 y.o. daughter came out and shut the the car door. For some reason the PKE locked the doors. Is there a way to unlock the car? I seem to remember that you could "shake" the car and they would unlock but isn't that only if they are in the ignition switch?
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Originally Posted by biggrizzly
No - if you can shake the car enough to move the motion sensor inside the key fob they should unlock.
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Will do, thanks for the responses.
Any ideas as to why the PKE would lock the doors with the FOB sitting in the driver's seat? It's never done that before and the battery is only 2 weeks old.
Any ideas as to why the PKE would lock the doors with the FOB sitting in the driver's seat? It's never done that before and the battery is only 2 weeks old.
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Mine has done that several times. Just last week it did it. I was able to rock it and got it to unlock. I have often wondered why it does that also. I just make a point of rolling the window down when I have the PKE anywhere near the car working on it.
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Originally Posted by Allieboy
jack it up and lower it fast
Yeah, this is called "The Daytona Drop" 
This is why my PKE is in a drawer in the kitchen. I found it to be more of a nuisance than anything else. Oh, and spare keys are always a good investment.
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It's not really a motion detector. Inside the fob is a small ball bearing that sits on metal (shake it and you will hear it). It will make contact with the side wall of the cup its sitting in if it's moved thus creating contact through the circuit. That turns on the transmitter which is then picked up by one of three antennae in the car, one in each door and one in the rear. If the fob is laying on its side or upside down it might not work. Anyone care to give it a try?
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Originally Posted by Corvette Kid
This is why my PKE is in a drawer in the kitchen. I found it to be more of a nuisance than anything else. Oh, and spare keys are always a good investment.
Mine only stayed on the key chain about a month. 
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It CAN lock with the key in the ignition. Shaking the car (doesn't take much) will unlock it. the fob will move a lot more if the key in still in the ignition. It's hard to move the fob when it's laying on the consol or seat.
OOps, it WILL lock with the key in the igntion.
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OOps, it WILL lock with the key in the igntion.
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Tried shaking it several times but no luck. It was laying upside down on the seat. Eventually called a friend who owns a body shop and he ran over and had the car open in less than 5 minutes; kind of scary to see how easy it was. The spare keys, that's what I was using. Wifey had the other set with her and she was 2 hours away at the time. One thing for sure, third set of keys will be in garage by the end of the day.
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Originally Posted by Corvette Kid
I found it (PKE) to be more of a nuisance than anything else. Oh, and spare keys are always a good investment.
I finally said "enough is enough" and disabled the PKE. 
I can lock/unlock the doors myself, thank you.
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Can't he just goto the dealer and get a door key made? His profile say he has a 93... They should have that on record.... The cost should be cheap since it doesn't have a pellet in it.... Just curious...