Response time with car key in hand

[Tigger]

Do you ever notice that the car sometimes doesn’t know you’re close by even though you have both the keys in your pocket and PAAK on you? I walked up to the car in my garage and it lit up only when I’m like a foot away. Other times I’m like 3 car lengths away and the lights come on.

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[Snakebitten]

I think that can be influenced by how frequently the vehicle senses the FOB or PAAK.

Or put another way, Ford has the software coded with limiters in play if the vehicle is in close enough proximity to experience multiple approaches in a given amount of time. It's possible for a vehicle in a garage to be so close that it can't "unsense" the FOB, if you know what I mean.

 

[Tigger]

Thanks for the reply!
I’ll move my fob further away from the back door and see how that goes.

 

[Droonoc]

I drive to work with my key fob on me and PAAK. When I get to work, I turn the car off and get out and close the driver‘s door and then try to open the back door to get my stuff. It doesn’t recognize me. I have to get my phone out, open the app, wait three seconds for it to connect, and then use Bluetooth to open my back door. It’s pretty ridiculous.
This is however probably my biggest gripe about the MME so I’ll probably survive.

 

[davkd]

I have problems with mine. Took it into my dealer and he said my jeans were too thick.

He suggested I keep the key in a shirt pocket or some thinner trousers. ?‍

Ironically, if I hold the key in my hand, it works every time. ??

Surely it can’t be down to something as simple as that …. can it?

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