It is cold in Central Illinois and I just about got stranded. I walk my Golden every morning and afternoon, however when it gets bitter cold we take the wife's Edge to the park. Monday morning we drive to the park and everything seems normal about the car. There is no "replace keyfob battery" message. After a very brisk single digit temp walk we get back into the car.
I pushed the start button and nothing happens. I make sure the fob is in my pocket and almost immediately realize what the problem is. I get out the manual and read what I need to do. It tells me the location where I need to put the key is in the console. However, it is located where you can't see if if seated normally in the driver's seat. I had to put the seat as far back as possible and then lay the seat down as far as possible and use the flashlight to see the secret spot. You don't place the entire fob there, just the key and it has to be aligned a certain way.
While I am doing all of these things, it is getting much colder in the car. I am thinking about walking home, not that far, or calling my wife and telling her to drive my car to the park and bring me her key. However, we live at the bottom of a hill, our street is covered in ice and my Lincoln does not do well on ice.
After much stretching and squirming, I put the key in the spot, pushed the button and the car started. I drove to Interstate and replaced the fob battery.
When I got home, I tried to explain to my wife what she would have to do should this ever happen to her. All she wanted to talk about was the time the car battery died. I gave up on trying to explain the difference.
Read your manual and see what you will have to do should this happen to you. If out in the middle of nowhere on a hunting or fishing trip or in a sub zero situation, it could get serious.
I pushed the start button and nothing happens. I make sure the fob is in my pocket and almost immediately realize what the problem is. I get out the manual and read what I need to do. It tells me the location where I need to put the key is in the console. However, it is located where you can't see if if seated normally in the driver's seat. I had to put the seat as far back as possible and then lay the seat down as far as possible and use the flashlight to see the secret spot. You don't place the entire fob there, just the key and it has to be aligned a certain way.
While I am doing all of these things, it is getting much colder in the car. I am thinking about walking home, not that far, or calling my wife and telling her to drive my car to the park and bring me her key. However, we live at the bottom of a hill, our street is covered in ice and my Lincoln does not do well on ice.
After much stretching and squirming, I put the key in the spot, pushed the button and the car started. I drove to Interstate and replaced the fob battery.
When I got home, I tried to explain to my wife what she would have to do should this ever happen to her. All she wanted to talk about was the time the car battery died. I gave up on trying to explain the difference.
Read your manual and see what you will have to do should this happen to you. If out in the middle of nowhere on a hunting or fishing trip or in a sub zero situation, it could get serious.
It's so secret you need to take a rubber plug out of the underside of the door handle assembly, then take the darn FOB apart to get to the key.... ugh.
