I acquired a 2001 F150 supercab to beat around in. Electric windows & door locks, one key & a key fob.
It works great to haul the dogs around with the back seat.
So about a week ago we were on our way home & I greased a fawn. I start thinking the dogs will get some good grub off it so I back up, jump out & throw it in. I walk back to the drivers door & the window is up, the door is locked & I look across & the passenger window is up.
My beagle got a whiff of deer & got all excited, while poking his nose out he locked the doors & rolled up the windows. Well chit, there my pickup sits, running, in the middle of the road with both dogs locked inside & a deer in the back. I am about 2 miles from my folks & 3 from home. Fortunately I had my normally pia phone in my pocket so I called a cousin to bring a prybar & piece of steel to unlock it.
Fast forward to tonight the wife, dogs & I went to bomgaars (about 35 mile trip ) for dog food & other stuff. It was 88* so I took the key fob with but locked the doors & left the pickup running so the dogs didn’t get hot. No dogs locking me today.
We come back out, I get everything thrown in the box, whip out the key fob & hit the unlock button & nothing…
WTH. I know it works I have used it before to unlock the damn thing. I try it a few more time & nada. I pop it open to prick with the battery, put it back together and nothing. No worries I tell the wife, I will go in & buy a new battery, I meander back to the battery section and wait for it.
They are all sold out. Everybody in the place heard the 4 letter expletive I spat out.
No worries though, I went to the supply section & grabbed a 3’ long x 1/2” wide x 1/8” think chunk of steel then went to the tool section & bought a 3 pack of prybars.
Cashier looked at me like I was nuts but we go out get it unlocked. I hop in & try the fob again, it still doesn’t work.
Then I shut the pickup off, push the unlock /lock buttons & it works just fine…. I guess I learned something new today.
So don’t leave your vehicle running & think the fob will unlock it.
I would like to punch an engineer right in the pie hole for that ingenious idea.
