Does water screw with SKS somehow?

Scott_R · 08-16-2006, 11:14 AM

Not the RFID part, that is, but the door sensor.

Quite a number of times when I've washed or polished the car, I was wiping down the driver's or passenger's door when the car beeped. I had the fob in my pocket but hadn't touched the handle.

Just yesterday, I was standing several feet away, spraying the car down, and again it beeped (and unlocked). I wasn't even within arm's length of the car.

eagle33199 · 08-16-2006, 11:17 AM

The sensor inside the handles are very sensitive, and water from washing the car can easily trigger them (and often does). if it's annoying, the best bet is to leave your keys somewhere out of range of the doors.

amitandrima · 08-16-2006, 11:37 AM

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Not the RFID part, that is, but the door sensor.

Quite a number of times when I've washed or polished the car, I was wiping down the driver's or passenger's door when the car beeped. I had the fob in my pocket but hadn't touched the handle.

Just yesterday, I was standing several feet away, spraying the car down, and again it beeped (and unlocked). I wasn't even within arm's length of the car.
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I recollect reading something like this in the manual a while back. After having read that, on several ocassions while washing my car i was waiting for the doors to automatically unlock or something like that to happen but it never did in my case.

tmgrl3 · 08-16-2006, 11:45 AM

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I recollect reading something like this in the manual a while back. After having read that, on several ocassions while washing my car i was waiting for the doors to automatically unlock or something like that to happen but it never did in my case.
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When I was programming my Homelink for the garage door, since I have the rolling type sensor, I needed to stand on a chair and reach above the car...the car was open at the time and the SKS was in my pocket and the door kept locking.

I was just checking to see where the button was on the motor...then I had to actually have the car on to complete the programming....

terri

jeromep · 08-16-2006, 07:19 PM

For smart key equipped vehicles, it is best if you turn off smart key before you start to wash the car. I do that when I wash the car and when I hand the car over to my detailer.

Autosmiler · 08-16-2006, 08:48 PM

I think the car was just saying "thanks!" :-)

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08-16-2006, 11:14 AM	#1
Scott_R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Long Island Posts: 317 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #7 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Not the RFID part, that is, but the door sensor. Quite a number of times when I've washed or polished the car, I was wiping down the driver's or passenger's door when the car beeped. I had the fob in my pocket but hadn't touched the handle. Just yesterday, I was standing several feet away, spraying the car down, and again it beeped (and unlocked). I wasn't even within arm's length of the car.

08-16-2006, 11:17 AM	#2
eagle33199 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,036 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #7 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	The sensor inside the handles are very sensitive, and water from washing the car can easily trigger them (and often does). if it's annoying, the best bet is to leave your keys somewhere out of range of the doors.

08-16-2006, 07:19 PM	#5
jeromep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Eastern Washington State Posts: 821 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	For smart key equipped vehicles, it is best if you turn off smart key before you start to wash the car. I do that when I wash the car and when I hand the car over to my detailer.

08-16-2006, 08:48 PM	#6
Autosmiler Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 52 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I think the car was just saying "thanks!" :-)