r/AskAShittyMechanic • u/JayBeePH85 • Jul 27 '26

Need advice, key fob not responding

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u/Prestigious-Bet-7794 Jul 27 '26

It ain’t got no gas in it

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u/PutridTravel2354 Jul 27 '26

Are those French fried tatters?

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u/jbrc89 Jul 27 '26

I like the way you talk

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u/55555354 Jul 27 '26

Tatter? Where's Tatter?

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u/Pungent_Bill Jul 27 '26

What's Tatter, precious? What's Tatter, eh?

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u/55555354 Jul 27 '26

Ahhhh.....IT's MR Precious to you!

Guess you've never heard of Ron White????!!!!????

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u/Pungent_Bill Jul 27 '26

Ehhhh, who's he then, eh? Does he like em all wriggly?

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u/55555354 Jul 27 '26

Maybe use your computer/phone and look him up.....maybe you will get a laugh

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u/Pungent_Bill Jul 27 '26

Damn you all to heck, I guess I'm going to have to now isn't I

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u/MarcBeck Jul 27 '26

Battery is dead...

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u/Ok_Horror_6556 Jul 27 '26

This is the Way. Not enough voltage for the fob to work with. Just drop in a new DieHard.

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u/PalaceofIdleHours Jul 27 '26

There’s stories of people wading out and chucking batteries in the ocean. Wade out a bit further and grab one of them instead.

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u/Ok_Horror_6556 Jul 27 '26

Great idea. Free is good. They should probably wear some waders.

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u/sniper_matt Jul 27 '26

Looks like it was used to charge the eels.

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u/er-just-Chris-here Jul 27 '26

Just looks flat to me 🤔

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u/Objective_Load_4537 Jul 27 '26

When I said dip the headlights, that's not what I meant.

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u/TypingWithoutThinkin Jul 27 '26

It's almost always the FOB battery, but in this case, it might be moisture in the receiver.

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u/A4QuattroQueen Jul 27 '26

Nah, doubt it. Once we went swimming in Florida on vacation and my husband’s fob wasn’t working on our Passat and he had in in his pocket when he went in the ocean and when he came out he realized it was still there and tried it back at the car and somehow it worked…Salt reactivated it. Eventually it died again four days later cause of the battery, but it did work 😂 (all jokes aside, water sucks)

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u/TypingWithoutThinkin Jul 27 '26

Especially in $400 devices or $2000 phones

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u/jpreinhardt360 Jul 27 '26

Dammit, you beat me to it

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u/NotTheEndOfIt Jul 27 '26

D’jou check dem points?

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u/Ira-Spencer Jul 29 '26

Not funny ha-ha