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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion' started by yort, Jul 14, 2008.

  1. yort

    yort New Member

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    My 2008 Prius started remotely with my smart remote key in my pocket. I was about 10' from the car. How is this possible? Has anyone else had this experience?
     
    #1 yort, Jul 14, 2008
  2. yunebug

    yunebug Gas Guzzler

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    Started? As in the car was ready to roll?

    Or the interior lights came on and the doors unlocked when you touched the handle? <:0)



    Sorry, just trying to get the obvious out of the way.
     
    #2 yunebug, Jul 14, 2008
  3. Jack66

    Jack66 Kinda Jovial Member

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    Unless it was always on and the ICE decided to recharge the batteries at that point.
     
    #3 Jack66, Jul 14, 2008
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    i did that once. scaryed the :D out of me...
     
    #4 abra, Jul 14, 2008
  5. Stefx

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    If you walk by your car with the smart key in your pocket, the dome light turns on (probably assumes you're going to enter the car...)

    First time it happened I thought I had forgotten to turn the light off. Took me a while to realize the detection function.
     
    #5 Stefx, Jul 15, 2008
  6. yort

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    Embarrassed to say that I think I forgot to press the power button since I was interrupted as stopping the car. The car was in stealth mode, then finally needed to charge the HV battery.
     
    #6 yort, Jul 16, 2008
  7. Stefx

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    Nothing to be embarassed about.
    When I took delivery, I spent 10mins trying to open the power windows, not knowing you had to press power twice if you didn't press the brake pedal while turning it on.
     
    #7 Stefx, Jul 16, 2008
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