I also did this with a gym bag in the back. To make things worse, my phone was in the gym bag too! I tried both doors and the back hatch several times, but nothing would open. After sitting next to the car for a few minutes wondering what I was going to do, I decided to try the rear hatch one more time, and it opened. I went from really mad to really happy in an instant.

If this ever happens to you, don't give up with one or two attempts at opening the car. Keep trying a few times and you might get lucky

 

+1 for OnStar

 

I took out the battery and taped it to the outside of my 'emergency' fob. It only takes a coin and about 15 seconds to pop open the fob and install the battery again if needed, and you also have the benefits of longer battery life *and* the absolute assurance that the hidden 'emergency' fob will *never* leave your car 'open'.

Between this and the spare metal key I keep in my wallet, I feel *very* comfortable that I have reduced risk of any lockout problems to a very low level.

Cheers,
Kent

 

I placed the remote to my c6 Roadster in the console. I heard the horn and, sure enough, I can't get in. I don't have a spare key or remote to key into the trunk. Do you know if a dealership will have a master key or any way of helping me or does anybody know another trick?

Thanks in advance

FE

 

Press the exterior trunk release button.

On my 09 coupe, it's a ~1 inch diameter black button located on the trunk lid above the license plate -- you might have to look skyward to see it. And you might have to press AND hold it for a few seconds to get it to open.

Once in the trunk, pull the tab that opens the drivers door. And wear earplugs.

 

The dealer can make a key that will open the trunk but you will have to give him the VIN and proof that you own the vehicle before they can make a key for you.

 

FOB in right pocket. Hard to lose both of them.

 

Reading all of this reminds me of ***THE*** best feature of my Ford F150 Supercrew -- the number keypad on the door. Evidently Ford has a damned good patent on that thing because as far as I know the only vehicles with anything similar are all Ford products. It will save your bacon if you accidentally lock your keys inside. The truck comes with a combination number and you can add a 2nd one. I also had a spare key made for my truck that is hidden inside so if I flat lose my keys someplace I can still get back in my truck with the keypad and then use the spare key to get moving again.

Except...

Recently I left my Supercrew at the airport while gone to Germany for a week. While waiting for the parking shuttle to pick me up I started looking in my carry on bag for the truck keys -- I remembered sticking them in that bag on my outbound strole through airport security and didn't need them while in Germany. I dug a LOT and couldn't find them. No problem, I know they are SOMEWHERE in my bags but I was tired and decided I'd just use the keypad and spare key. Imagine my surprise when I couldn't get the keypad to work. I then unpacked my bags completely on the tailgate of my truck. No keys. Eventually I discovered where my keys were and why the battery in my truck was down... I had left the keys in the ignition and in the ON position. I then remembered WHY... I was listening to something on the radio and the shuttle usually takes several minutes to get to where you park so I was going to listen a little longer. But this day the shuttle zoomed right up and I jumped out and left. If I had known my truck was in the parking lot with the keys in it for the whole week I was gone I'd have had a stroke!

I called a locksmith and he had the truck open in about 15 seconds. He helped me roll the truck out so we could jump it off his truck. He only charged $35 and I gave him a $15 tip. I pay better attention now!

 

Did the same with my gym bag at the YMCA. Cost me a 2 mile walk home to get the spare.

 

Put mine down in the center of the trunk one time and shut it. Took AAA an hour to call me back after waiting for a locksmith to tell me they couldn't open it. Another hour after asking for a tow to the dealership to get a new key cut they told me that i needed a key to open the door and put it in neutral for the tow.

Needless to say i canceled AAA that day and found that the button for the hatch release will activate if the key is in the center of the trunk. Ultimate Face Palm

 

After reading the posts, let me ask if this a good back up plan.

I only use Fob #1. I will remove the battery from Fob 2, tape the battery to the fob and then hide it in the rear of my vert. I will carry a spare key in my billfold.

Any problems with this idea, short of losing Fob/key #1 and getting my pocket picked all in the same day?

 

I don't know what lesson you learned or how you learned it but I can assure you that it has nothing to do with the fob. The car is not ever actively seeking the fob. The only time the fob comes in to play is when a button on the fob or on the car is pressed. In doing so the car wakes from the signal transmission and sends an interrogation to the fob. If the fob is registered to the car it will send a subsequent reply to the RCDLR (remote control door lock receiver) and allow the action requested by the button press to take place. Short of that, the car doesn't see the fob, the car doesn't look for the fob and you could leave the fob in the cup holder for the rest of your life and it would have no affect on the state of the car or the battery. That is an old wives tale spun by dealers to explain away DBS from the 2005's when it first came out.

 

To the OP. The car operates because of communications between a registered fob and the RCDLR (remote control door lock receiver.) The RCDLR has four antennas located in the dash above and left of the glove box, one just behind each door in the B pillar and one in the rear fascia. None of these antennas are designed to look for a fob in the rear hatch. The dash antenna has a cone shaped signal that encompasses the drivers compartment in front of the seats. The door antennas cover an area forward looking in to the area where the driver or passenger would exit from the open door. The rear antenna faces outward from the back bumper so that you can open the hatch using the fob or the rear button.

With the car set to autolock, a fob in the rear hatch/trunk area will result in a locked car 100% of the time. The car has no reason to believe that you would put it there (you wouldn't throw your conventional keys in the trunk of a locked car) and as such, it will not see the fob (because it doesn't look for it) and the autolock will enable just the same as if you walked away with the fob in your pocket.

 

The Ford feature with the keypad is great. Have it on my SUV and when I take the kids (for example) to an amusement park I leave the keys in the car. I then lock and unlock from the keypad. Sure would be nice on all my cars.

 

This is why I put my fob on my belt, via a fob holder made from a quick release web cat collar. This bonehead would surely put the fob down somewhere and lose it if it weren't tied to me.

Good idea on the emergency key tho. Grinding it into a small size and putting it on the regular pocket key ring might be the ticket for the OP's problems.

 

Been there, done that!
Thank God for Onstar, opened my door!

 

That's where I keep my extra key too

 

removed the auto lock programming,cause when i'm in the garage playing with vette i'm often wearing sweat/t-shirt type pants and with no pockets i would lay fob/keys on tool box and would be locked out.works with that fob with house keys,but sometimes i will get spare fob and will be auto locked out again. so you must have to do the procedure with both fobs?

 

You're not the first bonehead, nor the last!!