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Car Forum / Subaru Cars / January 2009Keys locked in running car
My 22 yo daughter wanted to warm up the car on a 6 degree morning in her 2001 Subaru Forester, so she started it up, took the remote from the key ring and locked the car. She just called saying the remote will not unlock the car now and she's pretty frantic. Will Subaru remotes not unlock a car while they are running? Is the cold somehow stopping this from working? Thanks in advance, Jon > My 22 yo daughter wanted to warm up the car on a 6 degree morning in her > 2001 Subaru Forester, so she started it up, took the remote from the key [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Will Subaru remotes not unlock a car while they are running? Is the cold > somehow stopping this from working? maybe check/change the batteries in the remote > Thanks in advance, > Jon > My 22 yo daughter wanted to warm up the car on a 6 degree morning in her > 2001 Subaru Forester, so she started it up, took the remote from the key [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks in advance, > Jon Hi, My honda won't lock(at least driver side door) if engine is running. No spare key? >> My 22 yo daughter wanted to warm up the car on a 6 degree morning in her >> 2001 Subaru Forester, so she started it up, took the remote from the key [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > My honda won't lock(at least driver side door) if engine is running. > No spare key? It's in the pocketbook locket in the trunk. :-) Hopefully AAA will get there before she runs out of gas. Jon > My 22 yo daughter wanted to warm up the car on a 6 degree morning in her > 2001 Subaru Forester, so she started it up, took the remote from the key [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks in advance, > Jon Have her get you, another family member, or a friend pickup a new battery at some store and come over to give it to her. However, if she called AAA (to use their flat band linkage catcher to open the door), they should've given her an estimate of when they will arrive which is probably before anyone else could show up with a new battery. Only your daughter knows how much fuel is in the tank to know if it will still be running (and drivable to wherever is the closest gas station) to know if the next problem is a fueless car; however, AAA should provide gas (at-rate for Basic plan, enough to reach nearest station for Plus and Premier plans). I suspect that by now (3 hours after your post) the situation has been resolved. It's a bit surprising that your daughter has no spare key (that is outside the car since a spare inside the car is worthless). It doesn't sound like she was off somewhere away from home. Guess the next stop will be at the hardware store to get a duplicate key made to leave in her home (for such emergencies or when someone else has to drive the car temporarily). Besides the battery going dead, the switch can go defective on the remote control fob. Bubba locked his keys in the car yesterday. We were really worried because it took him two hours to get me and your father out. >> My 22 yo daughter wanted to warm up the car on a 6 degree morning in her >> 2001 Subaru Forester, so she started it up, took the remote from the key [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > car temporarily). Besides the battery going dead, the switch can go > defective on the remote control fob. Sorry I didn't get back to you to let you know it was resolved, but I had to run to catch a plane. She did have 2 spare keys. One was at my house on her desk and one at her mom's house on her desk. Unfortunately, she is living at school 90 miles away. :-) AAA showed up in a half hour, and popped the door with a flat band 'whateveryoucalled it'. Her car battery seemed fine and the remote works the door locks ok once the key was out of the ignition. I'm having her get the remote battery replaced and get some duplicate keys made today. Thanks to everyone for their help and suggestions. Jon Based on my manual for a MY 2005 Forester, the remote is not supposed to work with the key in the ignition. Not sure of the logic; but it is true on my care. I suspect the battery in your daughter's remote is okay. >>> My 22 yo daughter wanted to warm up the car on a 6 degree morning in her >>> 2001 Subaru Forester, so she started it up, took the remote from the key [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > Thanks to everyone for their help and suggestions. > Jon > Based on my manual for a MY 2005 Forester, the remote is not supposed to > work with the key in the ignition. Not sure of the logic; but it is true on [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >> Thanks to everyone for their help and suggestions. >> Jon Is it possible she could have locked it with the door button? If the driver's door is the last one to close, the alarm can be set by pushing the lock button on the driver's door and closing the door. I've never tried that with the car running though. Carl >>> Sorry I didn't get back to you to let you know it was resolved, but I >>> had [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Carl Carl, Anything is possible. It's the type of thing you might without thinking about it and not remember what you did later. She was pretty upset when I talked to her so I didn't push it. Jon >>>> Sorry I didn't get back to you to let you know it was resolved, but I >>>> had [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Jon My contribution was facetious but it is something we all need to learn. I've been carrying an extra key in my wallet ever since I locked the keys in the car over 50 years ago. Also, I never get out of the car and leave the motor running except maybe when checking transmission fluid. There are countless cases of cars being stolen while unoccupied with motor running or car running amok with nobody in it. >>>>> Sorry I didn't get back to you to let you know it was resolved, but >>>>> I had [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > There are countless cases of cars being stolen while unoccupied with > motor running or car running amok with nobody in it. I have 3 (now adult) daughters. Multiple trips to unlock the oldest's car taught me to get and use those magnetic key boxes and hide them under/on the car. AND keep a spare key with me AND at home. Now, if boyfriends wouldn't leave scissor jacks and lug wrenches on the roadside after spare tire installations..... >>>> Carl >>> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Now, if boyfriends wouldn't leave scissor jacks and lug wrenches on the > roadside after spare tire installations..... Hey, at least their boyfriends know HOW to change a tire. :-) Jon >>>>> Carl >>>> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Jon Yeah, what do jacks cost compared to your time to go rescue the darlings? --just got a call from my own 17 year old darling, she needs to add oil, and can't get the filler cap off. Damn GM pos. lol. Anyway, most kids don't have the basic mechanical aptitude some of us developed when growing up. We had no cable TV, pong sucked after 20 minutes, no Guitar Hero, no Internet......we took apart bikes and stuff. (and read books, but maybe that was just me) Kids building PCs today don't know why the CD and floppy use those little screws and the HDD uses the big ones. #1, #2 philips? ha. Seriously, I'm creating a training program for tech colleges and I have to write a dang tutorial on threads and tools. If we could just eliminate the metric crap from North America it would all be a lot easier. ;-) -John O >>>>>> Carl >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >>> oldest's car taught me to get and use those magnetic key boxes and >>> hide them under/on the car. AND keep a spare key with me AND at > Seriously, I'm creating a training program for tech colleges and I > have to write a dang tutorial on threads and tools. If we could just > eliminate the metric crap from North America it would all be a lot > easier. ;-) The US must be about the only country that is non metric. Was it too hard to change over...too hard to count to 10. Time to move with the rest of the world. Neville CASINO NSW Australia >>>>>>> Carl >>>>>> [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Time to move with the rest of the world. Nah, then I couldn't buy a quarter-pounder, a pint, or a foot-long. We'd all starve. -John O -too old to switch now >>>>>>>> Carl >>>>>>> Carl, [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > -John O > -too old to switch now We have metric because the French couldn't do fractions! |
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