Credit Card Key Issue
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Credit Card Key Issue
So the past few days, I've been having some issues with the credit card key. The request button doesn't work sometimes. The lock/unlock buttons work fine on the key but when I go to press the little black button on the door, it doesn't register.
The light on the key blinks when I press the black button but it doesn't unlock. The weird thing too is that I can start the car but the key light is on the entire time I'm driving.
Anyone else encounter this issue?
The light on the key blinks when I press the black button but it doesn't unlock. The weird thing too is that I can start the car but the key light is on the entire time I'm driving.
Anyone else encounter this issue?
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So the past few days, I've been having some issues with the credit card key. The request button doesn't work sometimes. The lock/unlock buttons work fine on the key but when I go to press the little black button on the door, it doesn't register.
The light on the key blinks when I press the black button but it doesn't unlock. The weird thing too is that I can start the car but the key light is on the entire time I'm driving.
Anyone else encounter this issue?
The light on the key blinks when I press the black button but it doesn't unlock. The weird thing too is that I can start the car but the key light is on the entire time I'm driving.
Anyone else encounter this issue?
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battery is falling below 12v but still has enough juice to crank the car? batteries are weird creatures. things like your locks/alarm system are usually the first things to start acting up.
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That happened to me when my car was parked up for a week. Just drive and it should go back to normal, mine did.
Keep the key closer also...
Make sure your interior light or anything like that isn't left on...that may have been my prob, not sure though.
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Make sure your interior light or anything like that isn't left on...that may have been my prob, not sure though.
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Yea I have an '06. I don't blame him for not remembering...all my friends and I go to him for anything car related so it's hard to keep track of the model year for each car.
but yeah i guess I'll see if my other key works. If that has no issues then I'll hold off getting a new battery til the other one is on the fritz...
thanks everyone!
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yea I've known him since high school (for over 10 years now). Hopefully he can help out with your situation. He's been doing that for a while now (even went to Alberta during that hail storm a few years back to fix cars there).
Yea I have an '06. I don't blame him for not remembering...all my friends and I go to him for anything car related so it's hard to keep track of the model year for each car.
but yeah i guess I'll see if my other key works. If that has no issues then I'll hold off getting a new battery til the other one is on the fritz...
thanks everyone!
zerobio - it was more of a sea gull than a chicken :-P
Yea I have an '06. I don't blame him for not remembering...all my friends and I go to him for anything car related so it's hard to keep track of the model year for each car.
but yeah i guess I'll see if my other key works. If that has no issues then I'll hold off getting a new battery til the other one is on the fritz...
thanks everyone!
zerobio - it was more of a sea gull than a chicken :-P
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k so I tried my other set of keys. It's definitely not the battery. I guess I'll have it checked out cuz I'm due for an oil change soon.
Thinking back about it now, when I started my car from a few weeks back, it would beep as if you walked out the car with the key. We'll see what the dealership says...
Thinking back about it now, when I started my car from a few weeks back, it would beep as if you walked out the car with the key. We'll see what the dealership says...
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so I brought my car in today in the morning and picked it up after work...they said the key reprogramming was done and I'm ready to go.
So I went to my car and tried the request button...no go.
Have to bring it again next week so they can fix it.
So I went to my car and tried the request button...no go.
Have to bring it again next week so they can fix it.
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have you changed the battery on the card yet? It could be one of the RFID sensors glitching... have you tried walking to the other access points (trunk, passanger door) and does it do the same thing? if it's repeatable in 1 vacinity only, you can rule out weak battery in the keycard...
Anybody have an 06 Service Manual? There should be diagnostic steps to isolate the cause.
Anybody have an 06 Service Manual? There should be diagnostic steps to isolate the cause.
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have you changed the battery on the card yet? It could be one of the RFID sensors glitching... have you tried walking to the other access points (trunk, passanger door) and does it do the same thing? if it's repeatable in 1 vacinity only, you can rule out weak battery in the keycard...
Anybody have an 06 Service Manual? There should be diagnostic steps to isolate the cause.
Anybody have an 06 Service Manual? There should be diagnostic steps to isolate the cause.
I don't think it's the battery since I can start the car with it. I tried starting the car with the key outside the car and it won't turn. Once I bring it in the car, the car starts but the key light is constantly on (as if the key was outside).
Everything works but the request button and the key light being on. All the buttons on the card works to lock and unlock the doors as well as open the trunk.
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Update: Brought my car in this morning. Got dropped off at the train station to get to work and before I even got to work, they said called saying my car was ready for pick up. They need to order a new antenna which means I'll have to bring it back...again. Third time better be the charm or else I'm gonna have to start charging them for wasting my time.
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Reviving old thread.....but just curious. I have an 06, and have had to resort to using my valet key to crank the car. I lost the other one
Is the repair covered under warranty, and anyone know the cost to replace the second key card?
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Do you by any chance carry the key in the same pocket as a cell phone? When I place my key in proximity to my iPhone, all hell breaks loose. Keep your key and any phone separate.
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It's going to depend on how tight your jeans are. My pockets are useless.
Rx8 remote is funny thing. Trunk button has never worked, except for twice accidentally in the past 3 years. I couldn't figure out at first why my trunk opened for apparently no reason. People seem confused when they ask why I don't have keyless trunk entry.
Rx8 remote is funny thing. Trunk button has never worked, except for twice accidentally in the past 3 years. I couldn't figure out at first why my trunk opened for apparently no reason. People seem confused when they ask why I don't have keyless trunk entry.
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Rems, i have the credit card keys as well, so does Kane(local to me)...
we have discovered that some cell phones, or secured entry type keys tend to fry our credit card keys... i dont know if its some kind of interference or what, but we've both had it happen a couple times and narrowed it down to what we put in our pocket with the keys...
we have discovered that some cell phones, or secured entry type keys tend to fry our credit card keys... i dont know if its some kind of interference or what, but we've both had it happen a couple times and narrowed it down to what we put in our pocket with the keys...