Keyfob flaked

[Deleted member 12951]

Wondering if this has happened to anyone else. My truck and keyfob is only 5 months old and technically 7 months old from built from factory.

Today my keyfob would not work at all. I was standing right next to the truck and nothing. Unlock, Lock, Start or Alarm would not do anything, not a peep. Never had that happen before. At first I thought, wow I got a dead battery in the FOB already.

I opened the door with my Ford Remote Start iPhone app (and started it before that mind you) and drove off. When I got home, the FOB worked, locked the truck. I even tried unlocking, starting and alarm, all worked perfectly. Weird.

What the heck happened?

 

[BearLeeAsian]

Thought it happened to me the other day.. Turns out all of my door locks were just jamming and/or broken

 

[Turning Blue]

Mine is about a month old, but I've only driven it a few times (went on 3 week vacation within days of picking it up) and this happened to me twice. Both times I was parked at the same McDonald's Restaurant. I had to lock the doors manually before closing the door. When I went to leave I had to use the key to unlock the door. Then, before I started the engine, the alarm went off. It stopped when I started the engine. Once I got to my next location everything worked fine.

 

[The Macf]

it's the crappy ford key fob. Open it up, clean anything if needed, and spin the battery around. I have to do mine every 4-6 months.

 

[6point2]

What The Macf said

 

[HAYNES OFFROAD]

Yea what macf said. I had to do that about 3 months after picking IP the truck. Fob would work some days, other days not at all, till I did this. Worked like a charm.

 

[whoisbigman]

Mine won't work with the hood open...

 

[Deleted member 12951]

Mine won't work with the hood open...

Its not supposed to, there is a hood switch you can press down on and it will.

I will try the battery fob swirl trick.

 

[Yukon Joe]

I'm having key fob issues as well. It will only work at a short distance from the truck. I replaced the battery and still having the same issue.... thoughts?

Yukon Joe
www.RUNRAPTORRUN.com

 

[Rookie]

I'm having key fob issues as well. It will only work at a short distance from the truck. I replaced the battery and still having the same issue.... thoughts?

Yukon Joe
www.RUNRAPTORRUN.com

Weird. Mines been doing this lately too. It's intermittent though.