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because I know this issue has been hashed to death, but I just picked up mine today..I'm going to start another thread after a few days about what a KICK GODDAMNED ASS this car is...I went straight from the dealer to a tire/wheel shop to put some fancy chrome wheels on it and on the Black Cherry, they look awesome.
My salesperson was NOT up on the car. He could not explain the keyless entry system for the life of him. I have read the threads here related to this issue and couldn't find a basic answer as to how the damn thing works.
From what the sales guy told me, here's how it works. You put the card in your wallet. Yiu walk up to the car and it unlocks automatically and you start the car with the fob. OK, so that's worked me for once or twice but NOT once or twice...are you supposed to PULL the card from your wallet and WAVE it over the car like some kinda voodoo witchy spell? Or is the transmitter not powerful enough to pick up the signal from deep inside my wallet?
And then the leaving/locking question is more confusing. According to him, you get out the car, shut it unlocked, and when the card is out of range, the doors automatically lock. Not. 2nite I took the car out for a spin to show it off to a bud. I exited the car unlooked. I walked in to the house well out of range of the card and yet he could still open the doors...they did not lock. And don't even get me started on how the truck works.
And yeah, I DID read the OM while I was waiting 3 hours for the wheel swap, and I still don't understand it. I'm ready to chuck the whole thing and just use the key, but then if I want to open or lock the doors before I get to the car, I have to pull out the card...the same card that's supposed to
"recognize" me and do these features anyway.
Any help on exactly how this keyless entry system is supposed to work would be much appreciated. I've rarely seen anything so confusing...so you can forget the card and use the key...or you can use the key if it works the way I unnderstand it's supposed to...or you can hit these tiny buttons on the trunk and doors.
Goddamn. I thought technology was about making things easier and simpler!
My salesperson was NOT up on the car. He could not explain the keyless entry system for the life of him. I have read the threads here related to this issue and couldn't find a basic answer as to how the damn thing works.
From what the sales guy told me, here's how it works. You put the card in your wallet. Yiu walk up to the car and it unlocks automatically and you start the car with the fob. OK, so that's worked me for once or twice but NOT once or twice...are you supposed to PULL the card from your wallet and WAVE it over the car like some kinda voodoo witchy spell? Or is the transmitter not powerful enough to pick up the signal from deep inside my wallet?
And then the leaving/locking question is more confusing. According to him, you get out the car, shut it unlocked, and when the card is out of range, the doors automatically lock. Not. 2nite I took the car out for a spin to show it off to a bud. I exited the car unlooked. I walked in to the house well out of range of the card and yet he could still open the doors...they did not lock. And don't even get me started on how the truck works.
And yeah, I DID read the OM while I was waiting 3 hours for the wheel swap, and I still don't understand it. I'm ready to chuck the whole thing and just use the key, but then if I want to open or lock the doors before I get to the car, I have to pull out the card...the same card that's supposed to
"recognize" me and do these features anyway.
Any help on exactly how this keyless entry system is supposed to work would be much appreciated. I've rarely seen anything so confusing...so you can forget the card and use the key...or you can use the key if it works the way I unnderstand it's supposed to...or you can hit these tiny buttons on the trunk and doors.
Goddamn. I thought technology was about making things easier and simpler!