Smart Entry malfunctioning/not working

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 14 2006, 10:55 AM) [snapback]303083[/snapback]</div>

That's a good idea. That way you could still get into car and put fob in place, lock etc while managing to get a new battery.

 

I'm also having intermittent SES problems on my '06 with <5K miles. At times, the entry system fails when I approach with the fob in my purse, and also the car occasionally fails to start, giving me a Smart Start error icon (key with an exclamation point through it). I thought perhaps my cell phone was causing interference, but this has happened a few times when I didn't even have the cell in the car with me. A vigorous jostle of the keys will generally set things straight, and hitting the unlock key on the fob always unlocks the door. I see the failure about 20% of the time.

I'll bring it up to the dealer next time I'm in, but I know how things can go with intermittent problems.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(smArty @ Aug 28 2006, 02:36 PM) [snapback]310648[/snapback]</div>

When I keep my cell phone in the same pocket with my fob I usually get a failure. My cell phone always has bluetooth on and when it's in my pocket right up against the fob I can get a failure about 80% of the time. If I shift things in the pocket so that the cell phone isn't covering up the fob than sometimes that helps. However, usually I just keep the fob in a different pocket than the cell phone and all is OK.