RFID stickers not working, being blocked by car. Is there a good location?

[Wrestling Scholar]

I got a car wash sticker with RFID on it. The reader wouldnt read it on my new 2024 Mach E premium. I tried lower left corner and upper left corner. The Car Wash worked with me and said, the MACH-E somewhow is blocking RFID signal. Is there a specfic place to place an RFID sticker for tolls or carwash?

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[RickMachE]

The black dot areas on either side of the mirror. Manual tells you this.

 

[ipca204]

what is this word 'manual'?

 

[Wrestling Scholar]

i did glance at manual, I suppose i should have been more thorough. Ill give it a try.

 

[tsdahc]

I used the search feature in the manual. I didn’t know this and it explains why I get so many toll violations in the rental Mach E as I put the toll pass on the dash. Now in my own I need to get those Velcro strips so I don’t keep getting a fine. Funny enough the one rental Mach I had didn’t have the ez pass located in the shaded spots, wonder how many toll fines that car has gotten.

 

[ipca204]

I used the search feature in the manual. I didn’t know this and it explains why I get so many toll violations in the rental Mach E as I put the toll pass on the dash. Now in my own I need to get those Velcro strips so I don’t keep getting a fine. Funny enough the one rental Mach I had didn’t have the ez pass located in the shaded spots, wonder how many toll fines that car has gotten.

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[Kamuelaflyer]

wonder how many toll fines that car has gotten.

42.

 

[infinihertz]

My work parking garage uses RFID and even in those spots by the mirror it only works about 60% of the time. Better than never though. It’s connected to the inner windshield by a couple Velcro strips, and I frequently have to take it off, roll down my window and wave it around outside the car. Been dealing with that for almost 4 years. It’s more like a puck than a sticker. Maybe that’s part of the issue. It fully fits in the area though.

 

[nivlem]

I mounted my carwash sticker inside the Charger Port door. Works very well there.

 

[Pioneer74]

My work parking garage uses RFID and even in those spots by the mirror it only works about 60% of the time. Better than never though. It’s connected to the inner windshield by a couple Velcro strips, and I frequently have to take it off, roll down my window and wave it around outside the car. Been dealing with that for almost 4 years. It’s more like a puck than a sticker. Maybe that’s part of the issue. It fully fits in the area though.

 

[Maui]

I mounted my carwash sticker inside the Charger Port door. Works very well there.

Very clever!

I was thinking about something like this, like the reader is on the sides. Technically the RFID specification allows between 10-50 feet in distance from the reader assuming the reader is fully powered but there are a ton of things that can shield the signal. Metal being the biggest blocker.

Assuming, the TAG is a passive UHF. HF and LF are a lot shorter range and would seem to be impractical.

 

[Mr.GVAK]

I have my RFID tag on the bottom corner on the driver side of my select, never had an issue with it so far.

 

[AllenXS]

42.

A reference to the pre-Mach E, the Perfect, oops prefect.

 

[Wallie]

The black dot areas on either side of the mirror. Manual tells you this.

Why read the manual if we have you ?

 

[RickMachE]

Why read the manual if we have you ?

Of course. I think it's perfectly acceptable for people to buy vehicles that cost $50,000 or more, drive them for months or a year, then realize "hey, I didn't know I had that feature".

Reading the manual, downloaded in PDF format, is such a chore. I mean you have to READ, and it takes TIME, and that time could be better spent watching reality TV, right?

But make sure you read the manual on your electric toothbrush, or $20 toaster, or coffee maker, because you could kill yourself if you didn't understand the functions and limits of the collision avoidance system on them.

My mother (in her 80s with zero mechanical understanding) last year on a visit said "I wish I had heated seats". She lives in Florida, and her 2019 Fusion Hybrid has heated seats... I turned them on, and after a minute she said "wow, I like those. Glad to know I have them, you can turn them off." I refused, making her sit another 5 minutes getting very toasty, because there's got to be a price for ignorance.

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