First Post - Need your help please
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First Post - Need your help please
Hi,
I've been a long time lurker (years) and due to the information I've gotten from your collective brain, I've had two corvettes, a C5 and a C6.
Most of the time, if I have a questions I'll google and use this forum, but for the life of me I can't find an answer to this question/problem.
My husband 'borrowed' my C6 the other day and went for a little drive. It was around ten minutes before I got that 'Oh Poop!' realization that the key fob was in my pocket, and I was still standing in the driveway.
Do any of you guys know what the deal could be with this? How is it that the C6 can drive off without a fob?
I called him and told him that I had the key in my pocket, to which he just giggled like a school girl and said 'Weird', so it's fair to say that he's no help on this.
Thanks for your help, and if you can't help, thanks for reading this far and keep up the awesome job of sharing knowledge.
I've been a long time lurker (years) and due to the information I've gotten from your collective brain, I've had two corvettes, a C5 and a C6.
Most of the time, if I have a questions I'll google and use this forum, but for the life of me I can't find an answer to this question/problem.
My husband 'borrowed' my C6 the other day and went for a little drive. It was around ten minutes before I got that 'Oh Poop!' realization that the key fob was in my pocket, and I was still standing in the driveway.
Do any of you guys know what the deal could be with this? How is it that the C6 can drive off without a fob?
I called him and told him that I had the key in my pocket, to which he just giggled like a school girl and said 'Weird', so it's fair to say that he's no help on this.
Thanks for your help, and if you can't help, thanks for reading this far and keep up the awesome job of sharing knowledge.
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Only two possibilities. Either he had the other FOB in his pocket or you were standing close enough to the car for it to recognize the one in your pocket when he started it and drove off. If he didn't have a FOB and stopped some place he would have got a message on the DIC that there is "no FOB off or run" meaning if he turned the car off it would not have started again. He would get the same message back home if your FOB was not near by when he turned the car off.
Once the car is started it doesn't know the FOB is there or not and you can drive as far as you want without it until you try to turn it off.
Oh, BTW, Welcome to the forum!
Once the car is started it doesn't know the FOB is there or not and you can drive as far as you want without it until you try to turn it off.
Oh, BTW, Welcome to the forum!
Last edited by EVRose; Sep 26, 2013 at 04:08 PM.
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Only two possibilities. Either he had the other FOB in his pocket or you were standing close enough to the car for it to recognize the one in your pocket when he started it and drove off. If he didn't have a FOB and stopped some place he would have got a message on the DIC that there is "no FOB off or run" meaning if he turned the car off it would not have started again. He would get the same message back home if your FOB was not near by when he turned the car off.
Once the car is started it doesn't know the FOB is there or not and you can drive as far as you want without it until you try to turn it off.
Oh, BTW, Welcome to the forum!
Once the car is started it doesn't know the FOB is there or not and you can drive as far as you want without it until you try to turn it off.
Oh, BTW, Welcome to the forum!
Thanks for answering, I didn't know that the car would run without the Fob. It's good to know that there's nothing wrong with the car.
Thanks for the welcome!
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Oh, that makes a lot of sense. I was leaning in the window when he started up the car, and I guess the car thought I was actually inside.
Thanks for answering, I didn't know that the car would run without the Fob. It's good to know that there's nothing wrong with the car.
Thanks for the welcome!
Thanks for answering, I didn't know that the car would run without the Fob. It's good to know that there's nothing wrong with the car.
Thanks for the welcome!
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