macchiaz-o
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I tried the fob one day but found it not significantly more reliable than PaaK. I think the vehicle has issues that need to be resolved for either mechanism.
So I leave the fob in a junk drawer and rely on my phone and the very occasional backup password.
Yesterday was the very first time I went on a drive where the car was telling me no key was detected even after I started it with the backup password.
When I got to a red light, I restarted my Android phone and once it booted back up everything was groovy. So that might have been a Bluetooth issue on my phone.
One other note... I told Android to allow FordPass to always run in the background. I think this helps with PaaK reliability (and not having to remove phone from pocket at all), but at the cost of significantly more battery consumption. My phone is the Google Pixel 3a with Android 11.
So I leave the fob in a junk drawer and rely on my phone and the very occasional backup password.
Yesterday was the very first time I went on a drive where the car was telling me no key was detected even after I started it with the backup password.
When I got to a red light, I restarted my Android phone and once it booted back up everything was groovy. So that might have been a Bluetooth issue on my phone.
One other note... I told Android to allow FordPass to always run in the background. I think this helps with PaaK reliability (and not having to remove phone from pocket at all), but at the cost of significantly more battery consumption. My phone is the Google Pixel 3a with Android 11.
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