Anyone have a car that has no keys, just a key fob and had a dead car battery?

[gary1955]

I had a rental car like that last month. it took a little getting used to the keyless process. I did checkout the removable key in the fob and it did open the driver's side door.

off topic: it really annoyed me that the rental company wired the two fobs together so they could not be separated. I hated carrying the two fobs and key tag around in my pocket. I was also worried about losing the set. the set of fobs could cost $500-$600.

 

[marius97]

I was so ready to come on here stating how my new Taurus and Explorers don't have keys like you guys are saying they do. Then....Holy Toledo they have keys. Never would have guessed that. Now I just need to find the emergency lock positions.

 

[chartle]

off topic: it really annoyed me that the rental company wired the two fobs together so they could not be separated. I hated carrying the two fobs and key tag around in my pocket. I was also worried about losing the set. the set of fobs could cost $500-$600.

I once read the reason why. I can't seem to recall exactly why but when I read it it made perfect sense.

But it's some thing like cars move from rental location to rental location and it would be impossible to keep track of the extra key so they just stay together.

ETA: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=why do rental cars give two keys

This one explains it the best.

https://bits.rulebase.com/rental-car-rules-why-two-sets-of-keys-on-same-keyring/

 

[Stitch69]

How to you get the power locks to unlock to let you in the car so you can open the hood and jump start it or replace the battery?

I rented a 2015 Nissan Quest with just a fob, no key and none of the doors has a key slot, which I guess makes sense since there is not ke. But it did start me wondering.

I turned to my "friend" Google, and the most common answer is to jack up the car (or have emergency road service come and jack it up), and connect a jumper cable to the starter and to the positive terminal of a donor battery to give the car enough juice to open the doors.

The other solution was breaking a window out!

I'm pretty good about listening to when my car has a hard time starting and having the battery replaced before it dies, but once in a while over the life of a car I get stuck with a dead battery. What a giant pain when just having a key, and one door with a key slot would avoid the issue.

I would call the rental company to bring me another car.

 

[NewRVLady]

I was so ready to come on here stating how my new Taurus and Explorers don't have keys like you guys are saying they do. Then....Holy Toledo they have keys. Never would have guessed that. Now I just need to find the emergency lock positions.

my DH SWEARS my Edge doesn't have a key in it........................
now going to look HAHA

 

[NHdisneylover]

my DH SWEARS my Edge doesn't have a key in it........................
now going to look HAHA

from googling it appears it should. Those back up keys are so well integrated that you can easily not realize it is ever there.

 

[sam_gordon]

@tvguy... did this problem actually happen to you, or are you just wondering what could have happened?

 

[NewRVLady]

I have a hidden key !
Thanks you for this thread!!!

 

[NHdisneylover]

I have a hidden key !
Thanks you for this thread!!!

How funny! Now the question is, are you goingto give your husband a hard time for insisting it was not there???

 

[dgthree]

I have a Nissan Rogue with a SmartKey fob. There is a hidden key in the fob - see the pic in https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_RuE6uhgsmON2o5b1VWOEw4Q2M/view?usp=sharing this link. =)

FWIW, I love this feature. Love not being able to lock my keys in the car.

 

[sam_gordon]

But, as I found on Google, some brands do not have the key or key slots.

Which ones?

 

[NewRVLady]

Mine is Ford Edge

 

[FairestOfThemAll37]

Mine is Ford Edge

Yours doesn't have a key at all?

Wow, that's crazy and would have been a deal breaker for the purchase for me. I would not want to be locked out of my car if the fob had an issue. That's horrible design IMO.

It took me awhile to find mine, but it's there.

 

[sam_gordon]

Mine is Ford Edge

But you found a hidden key, so there must be a slot for it.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I have a hidden key !
Thanks you for this thread!!!

Yours doesn't have a key at all?

Wow, that's crazy and would have been a deal breaker for the purchase for me. I would not want to be locked out of my car if the fob had an issue. That's horrible design IMO.

It took me awhile to find mine, but it's there.

Hers does--I would be interested in which cars TVGuy was referencing that do not; I have never seen a fob only car which did not have a backup key. I do wonder if he just turned up people on google who did not realize they have such keys, and not anything official?

 

[Lilacs4Me]

How to you get the power locks to unlock to let you in the car so you can open the hood and jump start it or replace the battery?

I rented a 2015 Nissan Quest with just a fob, no key and none of the doors has a key slot, which I guess makes sense since there is not ke. But it did start me wondering.

I turned to my "friend" Google, and the most common answer is to jack up the car (or have emergency road service come and jack it up), and connect a jumper cable to the starter and to the positive terminal of a donor battery to give the car enough juice to open the doors.

The other solution was breaking a window out!

I'm pretty good about listening to when my car has a hard time starting and having the battery replaced before it dies, but once in a while over the life of a car I get stuck with a dead battery. What a giant pain when just having a key, and one door with a key slot would avoid the issue.

I have a KIA Optima and the battery just died in the key fob and the car doors were locked. We took our other car to the store to buy a new fob battery, and lo and behold, when DH popped the fob open to put the new battery in, there was a hidden key. We never even knew we had one. You push in a tiny silver button and the key slides out of the top of the fob instead of popping out of the side like a lot of them do. And yes, upon even further inspection, the slot for the key is hidden in the drivers side door handle.

 

[NewRVLady]

But you found a hidden key, so there must be a slot for it.

I have a hidden key in fob
There IS a slot in driver door
Thanks to this thread for making me aware of this

 

[Vernie822]

I drive a vehicle with no actual key. My car died once just after getting it.. I didn't close the trunk all the way. Thankfully, if I open the latch on my key fob, an actual key pops out that I can use to get the door open.

 

[sonnyjane]

Add me to the list of people that would love to see the OP's list of cars that don't have anything at all. I seriously doubt that a manufacturer would make it impossible to manually enter a vehicle. I'd love to see some proof.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I drive a vehicle with no actual key. My car died once just after getting it.. I didn't close the trunk all the way. Thankfully, if I open the latch on my key fob, an actual key pops out that I can use to get the door open.

So you do have a back up (emergency) key then?

One posters says he googled and found some makes and models with fobs which do not have those back up keys and we are wondering what they are. I am still guessing he just found individuals saying they had no such key because they were unaware of them (they tend to be well hidden; it is easy to think you do not have one).