<div dir="ltr">Ha, ok, OT, but I have actually tested that, Paul.... The fob for our CX-5 doesn't have a lot of range, and I once tested it from the same distance using just the fob (didn't unlock) and holding it under my jaw with my mouth open (unlocked it). <div><br></div><div>As I did this in the high school parking lot after a field hockey game, my daughter was a little peeved.</div><div><br></div><div>The hidden fob key for this car doesn't set off the alarm.</div><div><br></div><div>Dan D</div><div>Central NJ USA<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/" target="_blank">http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/</a></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 3:49 AM PaulHunt73 via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div><font size="2">That's usually gradual, but if you habitually don't operate
the locks unless you are right by the car you probably wouldn't notice.
It's said (in many places) that holding the fob against your head whilst
pressing the button boosts the signal to double or more.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">I can get into mine with a key, but it sets the alarm off, and
only the fob will switch that off! Keep the spare in the glove
box?</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">And do you regularly test the spare fob? :o)</font></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">So true. This week my wife hardly could get the doors unlocked of
our business Mazda 6 sw. reason was that the battery of the key became empty.
Stupid thing does that without a warning. One should carry the spare key with
them, in order to prevent such thing making someone stranded in the middle of
nowhere…<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></blockquote></div>
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