How to Use Car Fobs
Car fobs, used for passive keyless entry systems, have been coming in handy for years. According to Cars.com, "Chevy's '93 Corvette featured General Motors' first Passive Keyless Entry system." Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) started out primarily as a means to lock and unlock the car doors before arriving at the car. The original range of the car fob was about 33 feet, but now some of them can respond at more than 1,600 feet. Learning to use a car key fob is easy and convenient.
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Instructions
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Identify the lock and unlock door buttons on your fob. The legend should be easy to understand. One example is a picture of a padlock, closed for lock and open for unlock.
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Lock the car by pressing the lock button once. Press it twice to get confirmation such as a honk or a chirp. Press the unlock button to open the car door. On the first press, the driver's door should unlock and the headlights, taillights and dome light will come on in most cars. Press the unlock button again and the rest of the doors should open.
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Locate the trunk-open button, usually an icon of a car with an open trunk. Press the button to open the trunk. Press the button until the trunk lid opens if it seems to be sticking.
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Find the red panic button on the car fob. Press this button when you are in an emergency situation and need help. If you are being attacked and want to draw attention, you can press the panic button and other people nearby will hear the car's horn honk repeatedly.
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Identify any special feature buttons on the car fob for your specific car. For example, a van may have remote-open side doors.
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Keep the car fob in or near the car with you, in a pocket or in your purse, if you have one of the new "smart keys." These keys are able to open or operate the car just by being close to the controls. That means that you do not have to search frantically for the key fob when you have your arms full of packages or grocery bags.
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Tips & Warnings
If the car fob does not unlock your car doors as it should, you can still unlock them with the key, if you have one.
Memorize the location of the panic button so you do not accidentally activate it at inopportune times.
Do not submerse the car fob in water; it can render it useless.
