redandwhite

I was heading to the golf course and I put the remote in my golf bag and threw the bag in the car. I closed the rear hatch and went to open the driver side door and NOTHING. I have was pretty shocked that the car would not unlock with the remote inside. I was able to get the second remote and get in, but it would have been really bad if I was leaving the golf course and not going to it. I hope this helps you from making the same mistake.

lager99

Same as leaving real keys in the bag...a pain in the ars regardless.

ActionZ06

I thought it would be like the mercedes SL 500, i know if you leave the fob key in the trunk that the trunk won't close becasue the fob key is in there. But that is suprising i thought you would atlease be able to get in.

Another Yellow

Did you try to open the hatch? The remote might have been close enough to allow you to just push the button for the hatch.

redandwhite

I tried the hatch and the doors (more than once). Nothing worked until I got in with the second transmitter.

Vette_DD

Just out of curiosity, do you have Passive Door Locking set? The car is not supposed to lock if you do AND you leave a transmitter in the car. Notice the way I worded that: "not supposed to".

TRAYC7

Im going to have to play around with this scenario myself.. I assumed it would open up too... hmmm....

Jay_Davis

I believe it was said early on that the one way you could lock yourself out was to put the keys in the hatch and close it.

I guess we now have proof that it is true.

TedG

One word, OnStar.

TRAYC7

redandwhite

not sure if the passive door lock option is on or not. Didn't give it much thought until now. I never heard that the car would not unlock with the transmitter in the trunk. Heck, if it's in your pocket anywhere near the car the damn thing works. Yep, onstar would have been cool to use, IF I HAD IT. Oh well, it won't happen twice......

Vette_DD

I just tried it. With FOB No. 1, I have passive locking set. With the car locked, if I use FOB No. 2 to open the hatch, then toss that fob into the cargo area and close the hatch, the doors and hatch are still locked.

Since I have not yet programmed passive locking while I had FOB No. 2 in the car, it will not lock the car passively (automatically). Don't know yet if this has anything to do with the situation or not. Will experiment further tomorrow.

kenrobb

While at the plant labor Day, we asked a worker about the fob range. It triangulates that the fob is in the drivers seat for car to start. If you are in the passenger seat with the fob and reach over to start the car, it won't start. Then we tried the back hatch. The fob had to be within inches of the rear hatch center to open with the button. So fob being inside the hatch area was probably too far away from button receiver.

TedG

Mine started with me standing behind the car with the hatch open. Yes, the fob was in my pocket. When I was putting in the speakers today with the passenger door open and me sitting on the rocker panel the green light on the switch was on.

RoscoesC5

And just to mention not to lose the Fob's either!!!!

My local dealer said they were very expensive to replace...

redandwhite

Sounds like the answers are in the thread from tracyc6. Thanks

Hoyt Clagwell

Isn't everything ?

Richard Thomas

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=927688

Rich

thebiggman

You have to use the key that came with the FOBs. Just above the rear license plate there is a place for the key. It will pop the rear hatch.

slythetove

Can't you just leave it in your pocket? Why would anyone take it out?