Getting into a Locked Z with Dead Key Fob?
 

When I got my 370z new at the dealership, I got two key fobs but no actual keys with the car. While I don't currently have any problems, I am thinking ahead to the situation where the key fob battery dies and I need to get into the car. I know the key fob can start the car using the fobgina but getting into the car is what concerns me.

Do I need to ask the dealer for a key? Should one have come with the car?

The keys inside the FOB. If you look at the back of the FOB you will see a little slider, slide that and then pull on the side with the key ring.

The key fob is also a key itself. Look for a tab on the back of the fob, depress it and pull down towards the bottom back of the fob. A key will pop out. It should open the door with a key?? Then again I havent had to do this but it worked on my other cars. I also used to lock my glovebox during valet with my old car.

There's a key in the fob. Just turn to the back and there is a small button you press that will release the key.

Yea, what the last three said. Secret key there but dont tell anyone

No need for me to HELP, It looks like you guys have this well covered. :tup:

Truth.

They must have not given him an owners manual either.

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1404407209

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The dealer didn't give me mine. I got home, looked in the glove box and nothing. I had to call them up an bit... complain. They said sure stop on by. Dude was 75 miles away. While I would love to drive back, it's all freeway. No thanks, send it. And it actually showed up!

Oh yea ... for the topic... yup, key in fob.

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lol at posts like this. N00bz

Hey, hey, let's not turn this into my350Z ok?!?!?!

I hope OP got his answer without being scared off too easy, lol

Check the secret compartment behind your passenger seat, that's where I found mine hiding, instead of the front glove compartment like my other cars..

i suppose i arrived too late..

Too funny.

... Just... no...

as said before, lets not turn this forum into a bashing forum. we all gotta learn

you especially. :stirthepot:

no just kidding...

Cars have owners manuals?? That you have to (gasp) READ?

In the OP's defense, the dealer should have shown this little detail to him on delivery. Mine did.

LMAO. In fact I believe all manufacturers key fobs are like ours; an actual key within the fob.

Umm... probably yes. Who's to say? :ugh2:

I think I will do that for schnitz and giggles, remove the keys from fob when I trade her in someday.

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Maybe the OP will allow us to have a bit of fun at his expense :tiphat:

Thanx OP and hope you don't feel too banged up by our banter :tup:

Dang what happened to you? Are you on meds? You drinking nice juice? Lol


Big miss on the dealer's part. They probably failed to push your battery storage fuse all the way in making it virtually impossible to save your convenience settings and home link.

All these things you paid for when you signed papers. There is a charge that covers these services when you buy the vehicle.

:iagree: Let's not turn on each other..............unless we have to!!!:eekdance:

Would that be left or right?

LOL...my dealer couldn't show me anything about my Z. I had done lots of research before going to the dealer, to include downloading the manual. It was more me giving my salesman a lesson on the bells and whistles than him to me, so I can see where folks could end up with a new car and not a lot of help in how the pieces all work...not sure why folks working at a dealership don't have to learn that stuff. I know at my J.O.B. I am expected to have very thorough knowledge of operations!

A good salesman would know what he/she is selling. A good salesman is hard to find...

Seriously though, I imagine it would be a pain to have to sit down and read through all of the factory brochures, talk to the techs, etc, to get the low down on all the vehicles Nissan sells. And that's assuming that you were at a Nissan dealership. Most of the salesman I have seen prefer the James Bond approach (i.e. BS their way through it), so I have gotten to the point where I do my own research, and then school the salesman so that he doesn't look quite so much like a fool next time around. My little public service.

As for what Bking said, I think most vehicles key fobs come with a key inside of them. The only one I've ever seen that didn't look like it had one was the key/thing they used for early 2000 model SAABs. Though thinking back on it, I guess you could call the huge plastic plug that came off the end of it as a key...

do most car sales people even like cars?

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Good Q.

I knew more about my Z than the sales guy. They should have given me the commission.

From my experience, most of them are just selling boxes. Especially at new car dealers. Replace the cars with kitchen appliances and all they would notice is the prices/commissions are lower.

When I was selling Sony car/home stereos, I could tell you the major features/specs on every model we stocked and most of what was in the catalog. The details that I didn't have in my head, I could look up in a minute or two. Same when I was selling Apple computers. And my fellow salespeople were just as knowledgeable about what we were selling. But that was decades ago (about three of 'em) and times have changed.

When you find a good salesperson, support them. They are a dying breed.

3 other brands of car at my household, all with key fobs. None have the key in the fob. As someone who surfs, I love this key feature. :tup: to Nissan!