Have a 2008 Tundra with about 285k on it. Has been the most reliable light duty truck I’ve ever owned without question.
On a recent road trip I arrived at destination and unloaded. As I am walking away I push the lock button on the key fob and nothing. I walk back to truck and try again. Still nothing. Don’t think much of it other than I need to replace battery in key fob. I manually lock the doors and go about my day.
End of day rolls around and I forget and key fob won’t unlock doors. Use key
no problem. Get in truck and it turns over but will not start. Problem. Other than a dead battery has this vehicle never not started.
Get to talking to a coworker and he asks about smart key. I am pretty sure it is not. But smart fob? Well on the way to hotel we stop at Walgreens I get a new battery for the fob. Next morning I am anxious to see what happens. I walk up to truck and hit unlock and it unlocks. That’s a plus. Put key in and dam thing starts. I would never have thought a dead battery in a key fob would disable that truck.
I have replaced the battery in the fob at least once before but it wasn’t dead. I just had to very close to the truck for it to lock/unlock so I knew it needed to be replaced so I never had this issue before.
Been driving it daily for about a week since it happened without a problem so I am pretty sure that was all it was.
On a recent road trip I arrived at destination and unloaded. As I am walking away I push the lock button on the key fob and nothing. I walk back to truck and try again. Still nothing. Don’t think much of it other than I need to replace battery in key fob. I manually lock the doors and go about my day.
End of day rolls around and I forget and key fob won’t unlock doors. Use key
no problem. Get in truck and it turns over but will not start. Problem. Other than a dead battery has this vehicle never not started.
Get to talking to a coworker and he asks about smart key. I am pretty sure it is not. But smart fob? Well on the way to hotel we stop at Walgreens I get a new battery for the fob. Next morning I am anxious to see what happens. I walk up to truck and hit unlock and it unlocks. That’s a plus. Put key in and dam thing starts. I would never have thought a dead battery in a key fob would disable that truck.
I have replaced the battery in the fob at least once before but it wasn’t dead. I just had to very close to the truck for it to lock/unlock so I knew it needed to be replaced so I never had this issue before.
Been driving it daily for about a week since it happened without a problem so I am pretty sure that was all it was.