Starting your truck with a dead key fob battery
 

This may be old news but I just came across it and thought it may get somebody out of a pinch.

A couple weeks back I bought a new '18 Lariat with remote & push button start and was looking at some you tube videos and a guy was showing how to start your push button truck when your key fob battery is dead.

This is the fob I use

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Beside the gear shift there's a double cup holder and the bottom of the front one comes out and there's a hole there.

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I removed my fob battery and placed it 30' from the truck to simulate a dead battery..

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Place the fob in the recessed hole in the cup holder, push the start button and the truck fired right away.

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Don't know why it works but it does and may come in handy some day and save someone from calling a tow truck..

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It works because the receiver to pick up the signal from the key is in that slot. The transmitter in the key works like a immobilizer transmitter in a traditional key. Ford makes their back up set up difficult by making a special slot for the key. Honda and Toyota only require you to hold the back of the key against the start button then press the start button.

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Good thread. Thanks for the info.