on today's video we're gonna be talking
about the keyless go system in the late
model Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram vehicles
if you got a remote that looks like this
you've got key let's go now what I wanna
do is I want to show you what happens if
the system fails and I'm going to give
you a method for starting the vehicle so
you can either get it home or get it to
a repair shop so you can get it repaired
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on a typical day when everything is
working fine you could either walk up to
the vehicle touch the door handle and
that will unlock it or you can actually
use the buttons on the remote when we
hit unlock we expect the lights to flash
and the headlights to come on
same thing with lock we'd hear the horn
go off park lights flash and again the
door lock actuators would either go lock
or unlock depend on what we press then
what we have to do is go inside the
vehicle to start it and then all you got
to do is press this start button
so you're never going to take that
remote out of your pocket or your purse
in order to start the vehicle so let's
say one day you walk up to the vehicle
you grab the handle the remotes in your
pocket and it doesn't unlock or lock the
vehicle you pull the key fob out you hit
the buttons on the remote same thing
nothing happens
vehicles still walk we need to get
inside I want to show you how to get
inside and once we're inside I'm going
to show you how to actually start the
vehicle now what they did is they
included a mechanical key inside the
remote that's what the silver portion is
right here flip it over there's a little
latch you've got a slide once you slide
you can pull out the key so now we've
got a mechanical way of getting into the
vehicle and then we grab that key and
then cert it into the driver's side
handle key cylinder rotate it down lock
the door so now we're inside the vehicle
I recommend grabbing that mechanical or
skeleton key and inserting it into the
back of the remote because we don't want
to lose it we don't to misplace it
because remember this is the only means
we have for unlocking the vehicle to get
in
side now at this point it's obvious that
the remote doesn't work let's see if we
can start the vehicle if we press the
start/stop button all we get is the off
message it never changes to accessory
and it never changes to run start
we cannot crank the vehicle up the only
thing we do notice it is on the cluster
some of the gauges do light up and we do
get a message about the key fob that's
it again we cannot start it we cannot
drive it the vehicle is immobilized we
cannot do anything with it we either
have to call a wrecker or we got to call
someone to come pick us up or someone to
help pull the vehicle somewhere where we
can get it worked on now luckily the
engineers put some thought into this and
right here this start button it's not
just a start button it is a module it's
called the kin key and ignition node and
what they did is they incorporated an
antenna around the perimeter and yes if
we press it nothing happens but if we
grab that remote and instead of using
our finger we used over mou it will go
to this seseri position and if we put
our foot on the brakes press it again
vehicle will start
so that's your backup method for
cranking it so now we can drive it home
we can drive it to the local dealership
or repair shop we have the fabric
diagnosed to see if it needs to be
replaced so like I said there's a lot of
different new features and vehicles and
luckily they incorporate a lot of safety
or other measures so that we can
overcome them if they fail again we get
skeleton key if you press it on the
start button you can get started and
there you have it now you know exactly
what to do if you ever have a failure on
a late-model Chrysler vehicle that has
this style of a remote or fob ik now if
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