Key FOB Fix - YMMV

[troutspinner]

I responded to a thread yesterday about a Key FOB issue and I mentioned my Key FOB was not working either and it prompted me to finally get off my butt and look at it.

This is on a 2014 Ram with a typical Key FOB, not a push button start vehicle. Anyways, I remembered a video I seen on YouTube where someone showed that their FOB did not unlock or remote start the vehicle but oddly, lights on the dash / security system did respond to remote presses. I tried mine and this was exactly the same issue.

I don't even know why I thought of it but I inserted the key and started the truck. While it was running and the key was in the ignition, I pressed the lock and unlock buttons on the remote a few times. I shut the truck off, removed the key and "magically" the key FOB started to work as normal again, locking, unlocking and remote starting the truck.

I can only assume it was a glitch or the key needed to be recognized / authorized again by the truck. As the title says, YMMV as this is a very specific scenario but I figured I would post this so it could possibly help someone having similar issues.

 

[milspecmark]

Wow, thank you. I just tried this and it actually worked. I had the same issue

 

[Biker]

Thanks, I will try it in the morning.

 

[SJGUSMC21]

Thanks for post. Unfortunately, this did not work for my situation. I guess I am going to have to bite the bullet and pay them to program a spare I have....


Woohoo! This did work however...