
{"id":1417,"date":"2017-03-21T14:50:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T14:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dealerfireblog.com\/certifiedautoplex\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2026-10-16T05:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:10:36","slug":"what-happens-if-you-lose-your-keyfob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certifiedautoplex.com\/blog\/what-happens-if-you-lose-your-keyfob\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens if you lose your key fob?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New vehicles come with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certifiedautoplex.com\/blog\/category\/for-fun\/\">cool and extremely fun technology<\/a>, including keyless ignition and push-button start. But what happens if you lose your key fob? The answer depends on the situation. For example, you will have a very different experience if you lose your key fob before you get in the car or afterward. Simply put, if you lose the key fob that enables your push-button start before you try to drive in your car, then you simply won&#8217;t be able to start your vehicle. However, what happens if you lose your key fob while driving? That&#8217;s a very different answer, and we have found a video that answers (and demonstrates) that exact situation.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-default custom-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certifiedautoplex.com\/used-cars-dallas-tx\">Pre-Owned Luxury Inventory<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What happens if you lose your key fob while driving?<\/h2>\n<p>While the exact answer to this question may depend on the vehicle you own, in this video, a small Ford car continued to run even when the keyfob was thrown out the window, but it would not start again after the keyfob was out of the cabin. Check out the video below for a longer breakdown.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you had fun and learned something with this video! Check out more interesting tips &amp; tricks at our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.certifiedautoplex.com\/blog\/category\/tips-tricks\/\"> previous blog posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New vehicles come with some cool and extremely fun technology, including keyless ignition and push-button start. But what happens if you lose your key fob? The answer depends on the situation. For example, you will have a very different experience if you lose your key fob before you get in the car or afterward. Simply [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What happens if you lose your key fob while driving? 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