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Mountain_Mama's avatar
May 25, 2019

Keyless vehicles

My DH wants to know how you get in your vehicle if it is locked when the battery dies when you have no key to open the door??
  • 4x4ord's avatar
    4x4ord
    Explorer III
    K Charles wrote:
    Use the key that is in the fob.


    I learned my something new for the day. I hadn't noticed the key hole on the door handle of my Ford before reading your post.
  • Ford supplies a key inside each fob and there is a cap on the driver's side door handle that you can pop off to unlock the door. Not sure what GM, FCA or the imports do, but I would surely believe they have a similar arraignment. My towed has a charge line that goes to the MH so I could charge the battery through that. Not heavy enough to jump start, but more than adequate to power the electric locks.
  • 4x4ord's avatar
    4x4ord
    Explorer III
    Are you meaning if the remote battery is dead? The Ford has a keypad and GM has OnStar. Ram .... I guess you use a coat hanger. If the vehicle battery is stone dead I don't know what you'd do .... either smash the windshield or find a car thief with a Slim Jim.