Keyless Ignition

[Rokon]

Wondering if anyone else has tried this......
My buddy is in the drivers seat and I'm shotgun with the keyfob. He starts the truck, drives ahead 20ft and stops. I get out and he drives away. Drove about 200ft.... and stopped on his own accord.
Was pretty surprised. I figured something would happen once beyond the fob range.
Is this normal??

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[Krazy]

Yes if he shuts it off he cannot restart it, it would suck if you're key fob battery would go dead on the interstate and your truck would just stop.

 

[Pion]

Yeah, it only checks for the key at start, so you could create a situation where you strand yourself if you don't keep the key with you.

 

[trez63]

standard functionality on all vehicles is the same

 

[Hootbro]

Jeep Informant did a video on the JL goofing around with a few scenarios and the key fob. I would imagine the JT is the same.

 

[Choj]

A co-workers mom has a push start in her car. Where she keeps her keys just inside the garage door is apparently close enough to allow her to start her vehicle. She drove to work and could leave for lunch because her keys were still at home. co-worker had to drive her home to get her keys.

 

[Up venture]

Jeep Informant did a video on the JL goofing around with a few scenarios and the key fob. I would imagine the JT is the same.

Good info to know but still unsettling

 

[Sgt Jmack]

Wondering if anyone else has tried this......
My buddy is in the drivers seat and I'm shotgun with the keyfob. He starts the truck, drives ahead 20ft and stops. I get out and he drives away. Drove about 200ft.... and stopped on his own accord.
Was pretty surprised. I figured something would happen once beyond the fob range.
Is this normal??

When I was selling cars, and the push button ignition was first introduced, I had a lot of people complaining. One story, there was a couple, the wife had the new Lexus. One day, he drove her to work in her car and dropped her off, then went to his place of employment. That evening, he got in the car, but couldn't start it. They called me and asked what they could do. Fortunately for them, I was at work and they were relatively close, so I picked up the wife and took her to where the car was.
I have many other stories about this subject matter. Like one day, three of us borrowed a friends wife's Prius. He drove the car to the airport so we could fly to Vegas. Four days later, we returned. He forgot to press the button to turn the car off. It ran/idled/charged all that time. Luckily for us, no one drove away with the car.

The only thing that really happens is that on the dashboard, there will be a warning saying that the key is out of range. Some have a low level "ding" alarm sound when it comes on. There really should be a louder sound and bigger warning.

 

[WXman]

Side note: the push button "keyless" start is RETARDED since it doesn't come packaged with Keyless Enter (which for some reason FCA has decided to name "proximity entry" on JL/JT only). If I need my keys to get into the Jeep, then I might as well use them to drive the thing too.

 

[ACAD_Cowboy]

It is silly that keyless entry isn't packaged with keyless start. I can understand people not liking keyless entry but I can't for the life of me understand why push to start would be such a horror, you should be bringing you keys with you anyway right?

 

[SATXVolGladiator]

My Father in law started his BMW then went back in to get something and left his keys on the counter. He and my Mother in law stopped at a gas station an hour and a half outside Houston on their way to see us in San Antonio. He had to get a cab back to their house...

 

[Krazy]

The problem will be solved when FCA puts a chip in your neck

 

[Iron Wolfpack]

A co-workers mom has a push start in her car. Where she keeps her keys just inside the garage door is apparently close enough to allow her to start her vehicle. She drove to work and could leave for lunch because her keys were still at home. co-worker had to drive her home to get her keys.

It does give a visual and auditory alert when you are driving without the fob. So hopefully that wouldn’t happen.

 

[guntrust]

Wondering if anyone else has tried this......
My buddy is in the drivers seat and I'm shotgun with the keyfob. He starts the truck, drives ahead 20ft and stops. I get out and he drives away. Drove about 200ft.... and stopped on his own accord.
Was pretty surprised. I figured something would happen once beyond the fob range.
Is this normal??

I could see stopping on an accord with stock tires--maybe 37's would work better?

 

[ACAD_Cowboy]

My wife’s my13 GLK has push to start and once started it will stay on despite the key not being anywhere near the car. It does however drown you with a persistent key not detected warning that will not go away.

In the event the fob batteries totally die, you just pop the push to start module out and insert the IR key like normal.

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