ibleedbrown
Well-Known Member
friend.o.b, any relation to s.o.b?
You would think we would have the lock box combo, just in case?
It should be the policy.
When there is a malfunction in the system or a fob with a dead battery...and there will be....the abilty to immediately insert the key and get the vehicle moving again is a legitimate safety issue. I had the system die on my while the car was moving once, i lost power in the middle of a curve and rolled to a stop by the side of the road. I had a key, and used it to get the car moving again. Without it... I would have been broken down on a blind turn and been forced to stand outside the driver step with my back to oncoming traffic while i screwed around with the lock box that was mounted on the firewall beneath the park brake lever. Leaving the original ignition key on the ring next to the fob as a backup should be a no- brainer.
I have officially put in a request with my mechanics to go back to a key permanently. They are going to take it up the ladder and see what happens. If I can't get a resolution that way then I will go with a grievance.
My keyless has been nothing but a problem since day one. I have been left stranded many times and yesterday my truck died while I was driving. Fortunately, it did not happen in the same place that it happened to my mechanic.
Good luck with that. I got bitched out by regional mgt for even mentioning keyless removal in a PSR as an alternative to a problem with the control modules when they fail in an unsafe way. They spent something like 6 million on this, so I guess I was supposed to be impressed.
I have officially put in a request with my mechanics to go back to a key permanently. They are going to take it up the ladder and see what happens. If I can't get a resolution that way then I will go with a grievance.
My keyless has been nothing but a problem since day one. I have been left stranded many times and yesterday my truck died while I was driving. Fortunately, it did not happen in the same place that it happened to my mechanic.
Had an old P 700 one day that would shut off every few minutes and not even the key would start it. Loose wires under the dash that plug into the START STOP switch. Reach under and play with the wires would get it going. I wonder if it ever got fixed?