https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/remote-start-car-safety-commonly-asked-questions/ Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:22:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8 https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/remote-start-car-safety-commonly-asked-questions/#comment-809694 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:22:40 +0000 https://www.goldeagle.com/?p=157801#comment-809694 These facts are incorrect. I’ve had 7 cars with key FOBs. They will start the car from apx 15-20ft. However, the key or FOB is not required to be inserted to make it run or put into gear. The FOB must be present inside the car and the computer recognizes it and allows the transmission to operate freely. If the FOBs battery dies you must remove the button that you push to start the car. Then the fob has contacts that plug into the space where the button was. And you actually turn it like a key to start it. The sorry part is these FOBs break often for various reasons and cost between $400 to 500 to replace. So as cool as they are I’d rather have a $2 dollar key. My son has lost one for his camero. My wife’s Lexus it stopped working and it cost me almost $500 to replace. My 2018 vette is still working fine but I only have 15,000 miles on it. They’re also cumbersome in my pocket. Give me a normal key anytime.

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