I like to take a spare key along when I go on a road trip "just in case"...

For the life of me, I can't figure out how to do this in the RL as the car can't be locked with the spare (Driver 2) fob in the car.

Anyone solved this problem?

 

one key in the right pocket, and one in the left pocket.

 

Problem still exists; The key that gets "registered" for memory settings is the key that is with the person who unlocks the car. If you have both keys on you then it probably will randomly pick Driver 1 or Driver 2 settings each time. The way around that is to get a truly "spare" key and "unlink" it from the car. It's a simple procedure involving holding both the lock and unlock button at the same time. I don't remember the exact procedure.

Other then that, I don't see a problem. Like NYJohn said, just keep both FOB's in your pocket. I do that now with my other car's keys. I have one key in my left pocket and one in my right at all times in case I lock them in the car. of course, with the RL, that's not likely since I never even take the key out of my pocket. I never bothered keeping an extra key with me.

 

The Driver1/Driver2 problem is even more insidious than described. If you unlink a key, the car will not recognize you as Driver 1 or 2. Instead it will revert to a third set of options for an unknown driver. Some of which don't even seem to be set-able. One of the more annoying symptoms is the DST preference - If you use an unlinked key, the DST option will be disabled which makes the clock appear an hour off most of the year (unless you live in AZ or HI). As far as I can tell the only reall solution to this problem is purchasing addition driver1 or driver2 keys and using a particular driver's number exclusively.

But back to the original problem of trying to leave a key in the car. There are times when it is genuinely useful to keep a fob in the car - e.g. you are camping and going swimming. Taking the fob with you in the water is probably not wise, nor is leaving it in your tent. What's the alternative besides finding a really good rock to hide it under and then hope that you can find it in the dark?

Several ideas here, for these once in a while situations (Note: I haven't completely sanity checked these for security issues, so do your own checking):

1) It is possible to leave the key in the trunk. To do so you toss it in via the back seat while the trunk is closed. You do have to be careful as if you open the trunk after doing so, the trunk will pop back open when you try to close it again (so this is not a great long term solution).

2) It is possible to leave the fob in the passenger compartment. To do so you must lock the doors with the mechanical key.

3) It seems like it should be possible to stash a fob in the engine compartment and be out of range of the various sensors. If so, this would be a better long term solution - obviously you should be prudent in finding your hiding spot so that the fob is secured in a way as to not move and interfere with any of the moving parts or short anything out (or melt).

4) I haven't tried it, but I strongly suspect a Faraday cage (e.g. a completely metal lockbox) would block the signals between the fob and the car's sensors. Stash the key in the lockbox, and stash the lockbox in the trunk.

Hope this helps.

 

Yes it can.
I had the same problem- then I figured it out.
Lock the car with the KEY, not the FOB.
If you leave the fob in the car, and use the KEY in the door lock to lock the car, you can walk away with the fob locked in the car.
The only drawback is that if someone breaks open the car, and finds the fob, you are out one car.
Try it, you'll see, you can lock a fob in the car with the key.
And you can unlock the car with the other fob.

 

Why not just leave the key part in the car.

 

Yes, this is #2 in my previous post.

And actually the thief doesn't need to even find the fob as long as in is unshielded in the passenger compartment - they can simply turn the ignition. Makes me want to experiment with the Faraday shield idea this weekend - if it works you could hide the fob and not have to worry about the thief driving off - unless they did find the fob.

 

See post:
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ghlight=remote

I spoke on locking my 2006 RL with the driver 2 remote in the car, not realizing we were leaving it in the car back in November. Maybe its all to do with which remote is used to unlock the car, cause the 2nd remote was not causing the car not to lock when it was left in the car. However, you could only leave it in the passenger compartment.