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For those who's key fob stops working....
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From: Curtice, OH
I am doing that tonight. Did not know it was even an option in there. I hate the industry standard double push.
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The only question I have on this is WHY? You should be able to press the button and have it unlock not go through some ritual. I have never had a vehicle key fob that worked as lousy as this one. I still think that there has to be a solution and we all need to keep on Dodge about it.
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From: Round Rock, TX
I'm sure buried in all these replies my question is probably addressed. But if anyone else is having this issue, let me know. When I first bought the truck, my FOB would barely work standing right beside the door. I figured that maybe over the course of sitting on the lot, the battery went dead in the FOB. A quick trip to Batteries + and $3 bucks later, problem solved. Now my FOB will work, remote start included, at least a football field away. HOWEVER, on occasion, once I get in the truck I notice that the driver and passenger window has been mysteriously cracked about an inch! Is this a feature I just don't know about, or is this a trait of the phantom FOB issue??
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From: Hawaii
I'm sure buried in all these replies my question is probably addressed. But if anyone else is having this issue, let me know. When I first bought the truck, my FOB would barely work standing right beside the door. I figured that maybe over the course of sitting on the lot, the battery went dead in the FOB. A quick trip to Batteries + and $3 bucks later, problem solved. Now my FOB will work, remote start included, at least a football field away. HOWEVER, on occasion, once I get in the truck I notice that the driver and passenger window has been mysteriously cracked about an inch! Is this a feature I just don't know about, or is this a trait of the phantom FOB issue??
if you press and hold the unlock down on the second push, your windows will roll down
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From: Hawaii
let me know if it works for you, if it does....i'm an ******* for not telling you sooner
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From: Curtice, OH
I changed it last night but did not pay attention if it unlocks the passenger door with one push. As for "fixing" the issue at hand, it could be a month or two before I know that as it only happens about once a month.
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Mine has went from almost not working at all (just the unlock button not working) last week to working perfect last 2 days, same thing happaned a couple months ago, still releived ever time it works, souldnt have this problem on a new truck, going to a reunion tomorrow and am temped to leave it unlocked because I know some of my "cuzzens" are going to want to compare it to there Fords and chevy trucks, how would it look if I cant even get the door open?
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From: Midwest
I read about this feature on this board the 2nd day after I had my windows tinted. Wanted to try it out, ran out to my garage to try it and forgot about the 3-4 day do not roll down window period. Luckily it didn't ruin the tint. Felt like a complete idiot at the time, especially after the lecture I gave the wife about not rolling the windows down for a few days.
