Ignorant question
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Ignorant question
Sometimes when i get out of the car and close the door,the horn beeps three times and if i open the door there is a chime sound(like i left a key in the ignition(but we all know it's keyless).Why?
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St. Jude Donor '21-'22-'23-'24
The car "thinks" you left a fob in the car.
Either turn off the fob left in the car warning, or else move the fob away from the door a little sooner after you're out of the car and have closed the door.
Either turn off the fob left in the car warning, or else move the fob away from the door a little sooner after you're out of the car and have closed the door.
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15
The fob reminder happens to everyone sooner or later and is just the nature of using an antenna and RF signal to try to determine the fobs location relative to the car.
As far as the accidental button pushes, there are fob covers that recess the buttons a little and make it harder to inadvertently hit them.
As far as the accidental button pushes, there are fob covers that recess the buttons a little and make it harder to inadvertently hit them.
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It's important to understand that the chiming that you hear when you open the door to get in the car means that the car thinks that you left the fob in the car the last time you got out...it has nothing to do with the fob location now. This can happen when the car is in a tight garage and requires the door to be closed while you are standing right near it, maybe even leaning over it a bit. As you close the door, step back a step or two towards the rear of the car, then go ahead and walk forward along the car.
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. But nothing we can do; they all do it, so got to live with it.
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You can turn off the fob warning via options in your dic iirc.
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