Started by lamrith, September 03, 2020, 08:39:17 AM
Quote from: lamrith on September 03, 2020, 08:39:17 AMStarted having panic mode going off yesterday morning before work, fought with it for 30min and finally narrowed down to what I thought was the keyfob battery. replaced it went to work no issues, 5pm lastnight at home it started again. pulled the keyfob battery and no more problem. posted here for keyfob part number and went to bed.Welllllll.. "That's not iiiiit." 11pm lastnight my car panic mode goes off once again, I had to jump out of bed and run out and disconnect the battery. Thankfully I had the forethought to put the wrench right in the driver's seat and leave the car unlocked. No battery in the Keyfob, so I know it was not that sending a signal to the car this time. I got something else going on.UGGGHH $*&@ %&$(#@ $*(#er!!! I have extremely low tolerance an patience for electrical gremlins. Ever car before this that I have had one small minor issue with over time has blossomed into worse and worse problems. I sold the last car which I really liked because it started having persistent electrical problems. Battery is showing 12.44v, a which should not be low enough for it to start acting wonky?Probably disconnect the horn after work today so that I can try and work on it/diagnose without annoying the neighbors or going deaf. Anyone have any ideas for what to look at? failing that I will have to spend part of weekend returning the car to stock so I can take it to dealer next week.
Quote from: StealBlueSHO on September 03, 2020, 09:27:23 AMQuote from: lamrith on September 03, 2020, 08:39:17 AMStarted having panic mode going off yesterday morning before work, fought with it for 30min and finally narrowed down to what I thought was the keyfob battery. replaced it went to work no issues, 5pm lastnight at home it started again. pulled the keyfob battery and no more problem. posted here for keyfob part number and went to bed.Welllllll.. "That's not iiiiit." 11pm lastnight my car panic mode goes off once again, I had to jump out of bed and run out and disconnect the battery. Thankfully I had the forethought to put the wrench right in the driver's seat and leave the car unlocked. No battery in the Keyfob, so I know it was not that sending a signal to the car this time. I got something else going on.UGGGHH $*&@ %&$(#@ $*(#er!!! I have extremely low tolerance an patience for electrical gremlins. Ever car before this that I have had one small minor issue with over time has blossomed into worse and worse problems. I sold the last car which I really liked because it started having persistent electrical problems. Battery is showing 12.44v, a which should not be low enough for it to start acting wonky?Probably disconnect the horn after work today so that I can try and work on it/diagnose without annoying the neighbors or going deaf. Anyone have any ideas for what to look at? failing that I will have to spend part of weekend returning the car to stock so I can take it to dealer next week.Ya.. I had this happen on my escort back in the day.. there were a few early mornings with my in my boxers out front with a wrench disconnecting the battery so I didn't wake the neighborhood... I know you pulled the battery out of the keyfob, what about the spare keyfob?
Quote from: nickstewartroc on September 03, 2020, 12:57:11 PMIt could be related to a door latch. My Flex had a door latch issue (big recall on them) where until replaced, it would randomly set of the panic mode. Haven't had a problem since getting the latch replaced.
Quote from: nickstewartroc on September 03, 2020, 11:47:46 PMHmm hadn't thought about that, seems like you do indeed have a different issue then, sorry! I'm not sure if mine was immobilized or not, I'd just start hitting the alarm button on the keyfob till it would shut it off