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re: Daughter and car issues

Posted on 3/26/25 at 1:26 pm to
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
80044 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 1:26 pm to
Vancouver, Toronto, it’s all the same thing. It’s just Canada.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
50343 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 1:40 pm to
fixing or replacing keys is insanely expensive
Posted by AURulz1
Member since May 2022
391 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 1:47 pm to
Sorry, meant Vancouver.

Friday Harbor to be exact.
This post was edited on 3/26/25 at 1:49 pm
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
39112 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 1:50 pm to
She did replace the battery in the key, right? IT f not try that

Probably an Amazon key, cheap but they don’t last at all.

I would call the mobile locksmith you used and give them hell for using crap parts
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
23358 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 1:51 pm to
Battery
Posted by AURulz1
Member since May 2022
391 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 1:55 pm to
Would have gladly paid more for and OEM key for sure. Oh well, as Pat Dye said, "hindsight is 50/50".
Posted by skidry
Member since Jul 2009
3435 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 1:57 pm to
quote:

Daughter and car issues


Go hand in hand.
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
14210 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 1:58 pm to
quote:


What hole is it supposed to go in?


oops, not that one
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
56727 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 2:00 pm to
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in between Seattle and Vancouver.

I thought Subarus were known for reliability
This post was edited on 3/26/25 at 2:42 pm
Posted by SneezyBeltranIsHere
Member since Jul 2021
3669 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 2:03 pm to
If she is hot and willing to take the ferry to Bainbridge Island, I will solve this problem. If she spends a lot of time in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle visiting anarchic bookstores and talking about smashing the patriachy, I can't be of service.
Posted by AURulz1
Member since May 2022
391 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 2:07 pm to
She is not but you are a fricking douchebag.

What is the matter with some of you people?
This post was edited on 3/26/25 at 2:08 pm
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
70000 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 2:17 pm to
quote:

So my daughter is on San Juan Island in between Seattle and Toronto.
So here's a list of potential places for her to get it fixed at a dealership:

(You're welcomed in advance)

Spokane, WA
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Missoula, MT
Bozeman, MT
Billings, MT
Rapid City, SD
Sioux Falls, SD
Rochester, MN
La Crosse, WI
Rockford, IL
Chicago, IL
Kalamazoo, MI
Lansing, MI
Flint, MI
Port Huron, MI
London, ON

Posted by td1
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2015
3069 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 2:25 pm to
Any decent mobile locksmith should be able to make her another key and reprogram the PATS.

If it’s push to start, you really need two keys, but it can be gotten around. Dealer will make you buy two.

Also if it’s push to start, have her find out where you put the fob when its battery dies. The car will read it there and she may have better luck at least getting it to start if it’s a cheap china fob.



Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
48734 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 2:36 pm to
I had this recently happen.

If it is a key fob, and not insertable, then likely there is a place you can place the key fob and the car start. In my explorer, it is in the center console. On my wife's BMW, it's on the steering column.

Also, this was a fix on my Mustang. The car would turn over (insertable key/electronic fob) but not start. Tried the fuel pump reset in the trunk and that didn't work. I went to a Mustang forum and a poster recommended that I turn the car on, but not try to start it, and then walk away for 15 minutes. He suggested that the handshake between the key and the car needed to be re-established and that the car would seek out the key fob with a series of codes until it matches the code for the key and they handshake and sync. It worked.
Posted by Iron Lion
Sipsey
Member since Nov 2014
12824 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 2:38 pm to
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What is the matter with some of you people?
You must be new here.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
56727 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 2:41 pm to
I guess I could’ve made a Subaru joke but it would’ve gone over too many heads


Ill edit it to a Subaru joke
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
32244 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 2:44 pm to
Is this one with that “My Key” tech bullshite?

If it is, the one that was lost was likely a master key or something. My dad had this problem. He washed his master key and was using the secondary. That was until the mechanic doing the oil change accidentally switched on his my key security which limits a cars functionality and governs speed.


Posted by AURulz1
Member since May 2022
391 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 2:56 pm to
Not new, but surprised everyday at some of the replies that people come up with.
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
144364 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 2:58 pm to
quote:

What is the matter with some of you people?
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
78780 posts
Posted on 3/26/25 at 2:58 pm to
could be the actual car battery
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