It’s a scenario many drivers dread: you shut your car door, only to realize your key fob is still inside. The sinking feeling sets in – are you locked out? While modern vehicles are designed to prevent accidental lockouts with the key fob inside, it’s still absolutely possible to lock your key fob in the car. This article, brought to you by the auto experts at keyfobprog.com, will explain how this can happen and, more importantly, what you can do to open your car and prevent it from happening again.
It might surprise you to learn that despite advancements in car security and keyless entry systems, those old-school manual lock mechanisms can sometimes outsmart technology. As one of our team members discovered with their 2012 Dodge Challenger SRT8, and as shared in our original post, using the manual door lock knob is a way to inadvertently lock your key fob inside.
