I’ve had push button vehicles for 5+ years now. No issues None zero zilch Nada. My battery in my key fobs warm with plenty of warning. My current Ford fob has been barking for months and I’m seeing what will actually happen.
I think that your key is your pacifier and it’s time to give it up. Lol! Think of it as your Favorite WPS button :) Ryan > On Dec 16, 2018, at 1:38 PM, Matt Hoppes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We are looking to refresh one of our SUVs. Everything seems to be going push > start - which scares me for several reasons: > > 1) key fob battery death - leaving you stranded. Apparently with most > vehicles there are hidden keys and slots. Ok. > > 2) needing to perform an emergency engine stop at highway speed. Apparently > you can hold the stop button for three seconds (which I might add can be a > very long time and a long distance at 70mph!) > > 3) that brings us to 3. Assuming the engine is forced to stop at highway > speed. How do you: a) put the vehicle into ACC mode so the wheel stays > unlocked b) attempt a restart of the engine (while shifted to neutral) while > the vehicle is still moving from previous engine momentum? > > Although this may seem trivial. I’ve had 2-3 instances over my 20 years of > driving where I’ve either had to dead stick a vehicle into a service location > because of a broken component that died at highway speed, or another engine > issue. In all cases, having to stop the vehicle to attempt an engine restart > would have caused me to get stranded rather than arrive at a location where > the vehicle could be serviced. > > #20YearsWithoutNeedingATow > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
