How far have you driven your Corvette without your key fob?
07-25-2017, 11:20 AM
#21
Race Director
I guess GM figured it was unnecessary to include that since if you are able to start the car the fob has to be in the car and how can you drive off without it, which I agree with. Besides, once you start the car I don't think the fob sensors are still active.
07-25-2017, 12:28 PM
#23
The car doesn't continually quest for the fob.
07-25-2017, 07:47 PM
#25
Advanced
I left my fob in my gym bag when I closed the trunk on afternoon. I used the button by the license plate to open trunk. Then there are the pulls for the doors ,fuel door and trunk in the trunk. lol. I wish the car didn't have the FOB. I talked to my neighbour a psychologist and he says its perfectly normal to start to forget things in your 50s'. Damn. When did I turn 50.........?
07-25-2017, 08:32 PM
#26
Safety Car
I left my fob in my gym bag when I closed the trunk on afternoon. I used the button by the license plate to open trunk. Then there are the pulls for the doors ,fuel door and trunk in the trunk. lol. I wish the car didn't have the FOB. I talked to my neighbour a psychologist and he says its perfectly normal to start to forget things in your 50s'. Damn. When did I turn 50.........?
07-25-2017, 10:02 PM
#27
Race Director
When you turn off the car with no fob nearby you get this DIC message/option.
NO FOB - OFF OR RUN?:
When this message
displays, it means that the keyless access transmitter is
not detected inside the vehicle while you are trying to
turn the ignition off. Your vehicle may be near a
strong radio antenna signal causing the keyless access
system to be jammed. The vehicle will remain in
ACCESSORY until OFF or START has been pressed or
five minutes has expired. If you turn the ignition off
and you cannot find the keyless access transmitter, you
will not be able to restart the vehicle. The keyless
access transmitter needs to be inside of the vehicle in
order for the vehicle to start.
From the Owners Manual.
NO FOB - OFF OR RUN?:
When this message
displays, it means that the keyless access transmitter is
not detected inside the vehicle while you are trying to
turn the ignition off. Your vehicle may be near a
strong radio antenna signal causing the keyless access
system to be jammed. The vehicle will remain in
ACCESSORY until OFF or START has been pressed or
five minutes has expired. If you turn the ignition off
and you cannot find the keyless access transmitter, you
will not be able to restart the vehicle. The keyless
access transmitter needs to be inside of the vehicle in
order for the vehicle to start.
From the Owners Manual.
Last edited by Knob Jockey; 07-25-2017 at 10:03 PM.
07-26-2017, 08:48 AM
#28
Advanced
The physical key is/was attached to the FOB. I didn't secure the car with the FOB so the button that opens the trunk worked fine. I will put a copy of the key in a holder where I can retrieve it. Good point River!
07-26-2017, 09:13 AM
#29
Le Mans Master
The FOB is a receiver all the time to hear a challenge from the car but it NEVER transmits anything unless it is challenged by the car or you push a button on the FOB. That is why you get many years out of a FOB battery rather than just a few weeks. The car also has a continuous receiver listening for a FOB that transmits because a button is pushed but the car NEVER transmits a challenge until you either push a button on the car or a timer times out after you close a door. If the car continuously issued challenges while running to make sure a FOB was still in the car and notified you every time it didn't hear a FOB respond, you would be driven crazy by the continuous beeping driving down the road whenever there was a little interference or the FOB moved just out of range of the glove compartment transmit antenna or the FOB battery got a little weak from all the transmitting it was doing and missed a challenge or...
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07-26-2017, 09:18 AM
#30
Le Mans Master
HUH? The hatch button couldn't care less whether or not the car is locked or unlocked. The challenge/response when you press the hatch button is a totally independent sequence from the rest of the car status. The reason the hatch opened was because the FOB was still in range and heard the transmit antenna in the rear bumper. Toss the bag a little farther in and both car doors could have been unlocked and the hatch will not open pressing the button in the back. Try it.
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07-28-2017, 12:14 PM
#31
Advanced
Thread Starter
[QUOTE=slowstang305;1595208958]I keep my fob on a keychain with my house keys. I don't leave home without them so I know the fob is always on me. I feel like keeping a fob separated from your other keys is an easy way to get it lost
Me too, I thought,
Me too, I thought,
07-28-2017, 12:17 PM
#32
Advanced
Thread Starter
Sounds familar
About 5 miles home after getting a tire repair. I had my TPMS signal low air in my RR tire so went to get get it fixed since I found a screw embedded in the tread.
I drove the car to my tire shop and handed the fob to the tire man. When the car was finished he drove it out of the shop, hopped out, I jumped in a drove it home getting the "No Fob Detected" message which seemed odd since it had never happened before and I still wasn't completely familiar with the car.
When I got home I had a message on my answering machine from the tire store suggesting that I come and pick up my fob which I had to do using my daily driver since the Corvette wouldn't start.
I drove the car to my tire shop and handed the fob to the tire man. When the car was finished he drove it out of the shop, hopped out, I jumped in a drove it home getting the "No Fob Detected" message which seemed odd since it had never happened before and I still wasn't completely familiar with the car.
When I got home I had a message on my answering machine from the tire store suggesting that I come and pick up my fob which I had to do using my daily driver since the Corvette wouldn't start.
