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Old Jun 19, 2025 | 06:07 PM
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While under my 2023 2LT changing oil and filter today, my car started! The fob was in my pocket and I must have pushed the start button - twice - while wiggling around. Fortunately, I had the drain plug back in and had just finished threading in the new filter. Moral of this story? Do-it-yourselfers, take the fob out of your pocket before crawling under the car.
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Old Jun 19, 2025 | 09:01 PM
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Did you bump your head? I would have from the sheer shock!
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While under my 2023 2LT changing oil and filter today, my car started! The fob was in my pocket and I must have pushed the start button - twice - while wiggling around. Fortunately, I had the drain plug back in and had just finished threading in the new filter. Moral of this story? Do-it-yourselfers, take the fob out of your pocket before crawling under the car.
How is it that your car starts with-out your foot being on the brake pedal!?
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How is it that your car starts with-out your foot being on the brake pedal!?
Guess you don't have a C8.
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You need to DOUBLE click the C8 key fob to start the car if you're not seated in the C8 (and using the car's start button). That's quite a BUTT dial trick.
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Old Jun 20, 2025 | 07:02 AM
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I'm trying to figure out why it was fortunate that the drain plug was put back and a filter was screwed on. No oil is no oil, that's the critical part of the equation.
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