PKE locks with key in ignition
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Racer
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From: Wichita Kansas Kansas
PKE locks with key in ignition
The PKE on my 93 locks the doors with the key in the ignition. It didn't do this last year now I have to carry a second key with me incase it locks me out. Any ideas why it is doing this????? :confused: :confused: :confused:
Le Mans Master
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Re: PKE locks with key in ignition (shepsvettes)
Any ideas why it is doing this????? :confused: :confused: :confused:
Burning Brakes
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From: Jupiter Florida
Re: PKE locks with key in ignition (Lone Ranger)
I replaced the little lithium watch battery in the PKE xmitter (transmitter) and it hasn't done it since.
The fact that it can lock you in/out with the key in the ignition just reinforces my hatred for that wretched device.
Back in the good old days, you'd put a key in the lock and give it a turn...
Safety Car
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From: Castle Rock CO
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Re: PKE locks with key in ignition (rocketfinger)
Back in the good old days, you'd put a key in the lock and give it a turn...
Drifting
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From: Hopkinsville KY
Re: PKE locks with key in ignition (shepsvettes)
Hmmm, mine does this also.
But, if I forget and leave my key in the ignition and walk away, maybe that's a good thing.....? I mean, as opposed to a stolen car.
But, if I forget and leave my key in the ignition and walk away, maybe that's a good thing.....? I mean, as opposed to a stolen car.
Pro
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From: Guyton GA
Re: PKE locks with key in ignition (KY Vette)
This might fix it https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...=140&TopicID=2
Melting Slicks
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From: Georgia
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Re: PKE locks with key in ignition (shepsvettes)
The only times my '94 locked its doors with the key in the ignition I was NOT in the car. But thanks to having read here on the Forum what to do should that happen, I was not locked out.
Just shake the car and it will "wake" the PKE up and the doors will unlock. It's really cool .... everyone will think you're crazy but it does work.
Just shake the car and it will "wake" the PKE up and the doors will unlock. It's really cool .... everyone will think you're crazy but it does work.
Le Mans Master
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From: Gurnee IL
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Re: PKE locks with key in ignition (tuband)
Just shake the car and it will "wake" the PKE up and the doors will unlock. It's really cool .... everyone will think you're crazy but it does work.
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Drifting
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From: Hopkinsville KY
Re: PKE locks with key in ignition (Patrick96LT4)
So, if you leave the keys in the car, it's NOT supposed to lock? I'm going to have to read the manual again. Yesterday, my wife got out of the car to run into the store, I stayed in the car. The car locked almost immediately after she got out, with the keys still in the ignition but turned off.
Then I started testing. So far, shaking the car doesn't do anything. I've tried it more than once. I'll try the suggestion in the post above, but I have a brand new FOB I just got from GMpartsdirect.com. I'll post here if I figure out what's going on with it.
Edit: Ok, this time I tried shaking the car with the keys still in the ignition. It sounded like it tried to unlock the doors right away. Maybe that's the difference? When I had left them lying on the console, it didn't seem to work.
[Modified by KY Vette, 11:04 PM 5/20/2003]
Then I started testing. So far, shaking the car doesn't do anything. I've tried it more than once. I'll try the suggestion in the post above, but I have a brand new FOB I just got from GMpartsdirect.com. I'll post here if I figure out what's going on with it.
Edit: Ok, this time I tried shaking the car with the keys still in the ignition. It sounded like it tried to unlock the doors right away. Maybe that's the difference? When I had left them lying on the console, it didn't seem to work.
[Modified by KY Vette, 11:04 PM 5/20/2003]
