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Reminds me of the key programming method for my 2003 car: Sit in the driver seat of your G35. Close all of the car doors. Insert the key into the ignition then

by davio 7y ago

Reminds me of the key programming method for my 2003 car: Sit in the driver seat of your G35. Close all of the car doors. Insert the key into the ignition then remove it. Repeat this process six times within 10 seconds. Watch for the emergency lights to flash on the car to indicate that programming mode is active.

roland35 7y ago
To turn off the beep when locking my rental Dodge minivan I had to press and hold the lock button for 4 seconds, then press the panic button twice. I was happy to do it since nothing annoys me more than that beep!
falcolas 7y ago
Disabling seat belt alerts: Buckle and unbuckle the seat in question 25 consecutive times with no weight in the seat.
cptskippy 7y ago
In the 2007 Honda Accord you had to push the Emergency Brake button a number of times while doing something. I don't recall the exact procedure but I found it highly amusing at the time.
- perl4ever 7y ago
  Something I had never thought of before recently - what if you are in your car with pushbutton stop-start, like most newer cars have, and there's an emergency where you need to turn the engine off, but the computer isn't responding, either because you're not in park, there's an electrical malfunction, or whatever? I read that typically pressing the button several times or holding it down should shut the engine off. Which I'm sure seems to an engineer like a clever solution because isn't that what a person who's panicking would naturally do? Except that people don't necessarily do that; they hit the button once or twice and then decide it isn't working. Or they don't think of it at all because they're more focused on their car being on fire. As documented on a video I saw.
  - cptskippy 7y ago
    The key and keyless systems still fundamentally work the same way. In purely mechanical ignitions systems in cars prior to the 90s, the ignition switch is just a momentary switch that requires the key to actuate it. Once on, the key however can't be removed without triggering the momentary switch again that tells the car to shut off. That why when you see someone hot wiring a car in a movie they aren't tying wires together, they just touch them momentarily. Since the 90s, most cars rely on transponder systems embedded in the keys. There are various systems from microprocessors with exposed contacts to NFC wireless chips but they work mostly the same. There's still a momentary switch whether it be key based or not but the car won't start unless the transponder successfully authenticates. Since the transponder system is required to start the car, having the key on the ignition switch became redundant and was replaced with just a push button.

by davio 7y ago

roland35 7y ago

To turn off the beep when locking my rental Dodge minivan I had to press and hold the lock button for 4 seconds, then press the panic button twice. I was happy to do it since nothing annoys me more than that beep!

falcolas 7y ago

Disabling seat belt alerts: Buckle and unbuckle the seat in question 25 consecutive times with no weight in the seat.

cptskippy 7y ago

In the 2007 Honda Accord you had to push the Emergency Brake button a number of times while doing something. I don't recall the exact procedure but I found it highly amusing at the time.

perl4ever 7y ago
Something I had never thought of before recently - what if you are in your car with pushbutton stop-start, like most newer cars have, and there's an emergency where you need to turn the engine off, but the computer isn't responding, either because you're not in park, there's an electrical malfunction, or whatever? I read that typically pressing the button several times or holding it down should shut the engine off. Which I'm sure seems to an engineer like a clever solution because isn't that what a person who's panicking would naturally do? Except that people don't necessarily do that; they hit the button once or twice and then decide it isn't working. Or they don't think of it at all because they're more focused on their car being on fire. As documented on a video I saw.
- cptskippy 7y ago
  The key and keyless systems still fundamentally work the same way. In purely mechanical ignitions systems in cars prior to the 90s, the ignition switch is just a momentary switch that requires the key to actuate it. Once on, the key however can't be removed without triggering the momentary switch again that tells the car to shut off. That why when you see someone hot wiring a car in a movie they aren't tying wires together, they just touch them momentarily. Since the 90s, most cars rely on transponder systems embedded in the keys. There are various systems from microprocessors with exposed contacts to NFC wireless chips but they work mostly the same. There's still a momentary switch whether it be key based or not but the car won't start unless the transponder successfully authenticates. Since the transponder system is required to start the car, having the key on the ignition switch became redundant and was replaced with just a push button.