Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 230599)

quick question...i noticed this today and i can't figure it out reading the owner's manual.

my car doesnt seem to recognize either one of my intelligent keys without the keys
in the key port.

before i could just sit in the car with the key in my pocket, i hit ENGINE START
and drove off.

this morning i sat in my car as usual, hit the ENGINE START and the LCD says
"NO KEY". :confused: so i inserted my key into the port and drove off.

while i was inside the car during my drive, i shut off the car, pulled my key from
the port and hit ENGINE START and it started without the key in the port.

this afternoon it's back to NO KEY unless i have they key in the port.

:confused: any tricks to get it back to not having to have to put the key in the port?

Originally Posted by MeetJoeAsian (Post 217421)

here's a question since there's a thread opened already...kinda a little off topic but has to do with keyfob...sorry, if this is in the manual, then, well, I'm just too lazy to read it, but here goes:

How long/far can you drive the car without the the keyfob inside the car? cuz you can actually drive it once it's been started without the keyfob..


oh, here's another tip for the OP, if your engine is running, and you need to step out of the car for a quick minute (to run into the grocery store, or maybe to warn up your car in the early morning), you can start the car, step out, close the door, and use the keyfob or the button on the door handle to lock the car...I do this a lot when I have to just run in and out somewhere, just so I don't have to restart my car again and my A/C will still be running, AND my car is locked so no one can get in it...I guess you can say there's a benefit to this too: you burn less gas cuz you don't have to restart the car, cuz your car juices more gas when you start the vehicle...then again, if you're gonna be in somewhere for 30 minute, that defeats the whole purpose of saving gas...in that case, turn off your damn car, you're heating up the outdoor damn it... :)

Originally Posted by SLICKYz (Post 739954)

I read that the even without the i-Key in the vicinity, the car will run until it is shut off. After that, the key needs to be present for it to start again. Yeah it's a little disturbing that if you turn your car on and someone carjacks you, they can travel as far the gas in tank permits. If it's any consolation, atleast you still have your i-Key hahaha.

Originally Posted by MeetJoeAsian (Post 217421)

here's a question since there's a thread opened already...kinda a little off topic but has to do with keyfob...sorry, if this is in the manual, then, well, I'm just too lazy to read it, but here goes:

How long/far can you drive the car without the the keyfob inside the car? cuz you can actually drive it once it's been started without the keyfob..


oh, here's another tip for the OP, if your engine is running, and you need to step out of the car for a quick minute (to run into the grocery store, or maybe to warn up your car in the early morning), you can start the car, step out, close the door, and use the keyfob or the button on the door handle to lock the car...I do this a lot when I have to just run in and out somewhere, just so I don't have to restart my car again and my A/C will still be running, AND my car is locked so no one can get in it...I guess you can say there's a benefit to this too: you burn less gas cuz you don't have to restart the car, cuz your car juices more gas when you start the vehicle...then again, if you're gonna be in somewhere for 30 minute, that defeats the whole purpose of saving gas...in that case, turn off your damn car, you're heating up the outdoor damn it... :)

Originally Posted by MeetJoeAsian (Post 743454)

I think it's actually a liability issue, just like if you set up booby traps for buglars...eventhough they are breaking the law, you still cannot harm them...cuz they can sue you....So yes, eventhough a thief is stealing your car, if your car dies in the middle of a highway, and another car hits him and injures him, he can sue the manufacturer....kind of a catch-22

Originally Posted by fuzzywuzzy (Post 743509)

No it doesn't take more gas to start your car than to leave it running :icon14:...where do people get these "facts" ?

Originally Posted by edeeZee (Post 216824)

Let me tell ya a little secret. If you idiotically left your FOBgina, as so many on here call it, in the car, and you happen to press the button below the silver door handle (exterior), it won't let you lock yourself outta the car. Try it my fellow 370 drivers. My Nissan rep at Fontana Neezan demonstrated that feature.

I'm awaiting my rep points... ;)

Originally Posted by Youngwolf34 (Post 2948925)

You know what I been wondering about, lets say I take a nap in my Z during lunch hour. And I turn off the engine and lock my doors with the FOBgina. inside the car. Can someone from outside unlock my door by pressing the button below the door handle ,since the Fobgina is in the car? And rob my *** while I'm asleep?

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 230865)

Never mind, I figured it out. Apparently the 2 conductor wire inside the console is an antenna. Had that unplugged from an install I did earlier this week.

Plugged it back in and now it works like before. :p

Originally Posted by LennyK (Post 3219148)

Hi Kenchan

I seem to be having the same problem "No Key" (I didn't do any installs)

Could you PLEASE Show or Explain what got UNPLUGGED inside the Console - So I Can Check It and Plug It Back IN...:bowrofl:

Originally Posted by LennyK (Post 3219148)

Hi Kenchan

I seem to be having the same problem "No Key" (I didn't do any installs)

Could you PLEASE Show or Explain what got UNPLUGGED inside the Console - So I Can Check It and Plug It Back IN...:bowrofl:

Originally Posted by KrazyD (Post 3220093)

If you haven't done any installs recently, you may want to swap the battery in the key fob first to see if that solves it.

Originally Posted by LennyK (Post 3219148)

Hi Kenchan

I seem to be having the same problem "No Key" (I didn't do any installs)

Could you PLEASE Show or Explain what got UNPLUGGED inside the Console - So I Can Check It and Plug It Back IN...:bowrofl: