Potentially lethal failure

diystarter7

Herzlos said:

diystarter7 said:

shiraz99 said:

diystarter7 said:

user1977 said:

photome said:

Ibrahim5 said:

Who started all this stop/start button stupidity? It drives me mad. What is wrong with a key in the ignition? I thought with time I would find an advantage but I just can't. What is the advantage even supposed to be? Drives me mad every time I get in my newest car.

I am not a fan of keyless ignition ( got to find somewhere to put my key everytime) 

A pocket? And/or just attach them to your keyring with your other keys? Or do you have a keyless house?

good idea "pocket" lol then the fob is accidentally triggered. If I every get a keyless entry car I'd never put it my pocket when driving for that very reason

I've never accidentally triggered my keys by having them in my pocket whilst driving.

Fair enough but can you speak for the other millions, no you can't.

What do you reckon these people are all accidentally triggering? The boot release?

Please refrain from quoting me out of context.

The_Fat_Controller

I have never seen a topic go so far off the rails !

Has the car been rejected ?

Has the OP, @richgl1953 any further news ?

photome

shiraz99 said:

photome said:

Ibrahim5 said:

Who started all this stop/start button stupidity? It drives me mad. What is wrong with a key in the ignition? I thought with time I would find an advantage but I just can't. What is the advantage even supposed to be? Drives me mad every time I get in my newest car.

I am not a fan of keyless ignition ( got to find somewhere to put my key everytime) 

Keep it in your pocket.

Would be much simpler in the ignition rather than keep taking it out of my pocket to lock the car plus it’s not comfortable in my pocket with the amount of driving I do

I have  had keyless ignition for past 6 years doesn’t mean I have to like it

Grey_Critic

rachel6188 said:

My dad has a ford and that keeps happening to him they don't know why. His is a 2012 and he bought it 2nd hand. I have to say that is scary to happen at that speed I hope you get sorted x

It is not an unknown problem - in the past there have been cases with cars (ordinary ignition as well as keyless) and it has been traced to *rogue signals* - Years ago on the M1 going past the radio towers at Daventry there was a problem (cannot recall the make/model of car) - This was over a 400/500 yard stretch - if you just allowed the car to freewheel you ran out of it. If you braked and pulled onto the hard shoulder then when the vehicle was recoverred no problem could be found.

Have known similar problems with TVs when they changed channels on their own. Again a rogue signal.

Grey_Critic

There were problems with both Ford and Rover remote keys losing their code. Problem was traced to having the ignition key on a bunch of other keys and I think it was magnetic interferance.

ontheroad1970

diystarter7 said:

SiliconChip said:

diystarter7 said:

user1977 said:

photome said:

Ibrahim5 said:

Who started all this stop/start button stupidity? It drives me mad. What is wrong with a key in the ignition? I thought with time I would find an advantage but I just can't. What is the advantage even supposed to be? Drives me mad every time I get in my newest car.

I am not a fan of keyless ignition ( got to find somewhere to put my key everytime) 

A pocket? And/or just attach them to your keyring with your other keys? Or do you have a keyless house?

If I every get a keyless entry car I'd never put it my pocket when driving for that very reason

I think you need to get one and understand how they work before pontificating on the subject. Certainly with my Ford keyless entry there is nothing on the fob that could be pressed that has any impact on stopping or starting the engine.

Perhaps you could try to understand that there are other marques other than "Ford" lol before you start pontificating on this matter. I'd strongly recommend you look and investigate at least a dozen of the marques before wrongly assuming what applies
to your "Ford" may not be applicable to other makes. 

I have driven BMW, Mercedes, Volvo, Ford, Toyota and Mitsubishi with keyless.  None of them had any engine start or stop buttons on the key fob at all.  Which ones do you mean?  

richgl1953

The key wasn’t in a pocket or bag, it was in the front storage. The manufacturer cannot find what caused it but can see it happened! 

shiraz99

richgl1953 said:

The key wasn’t in a pocket or bag, it was in the front storage. The manufacturer cannot find what caused it but can see it happened! 

Glad you're back. Can you answer the earlier question then - have you actually formally rejected the car yet?

diystarter7

I'm withdrawing from the thread as the OP is not prepared to declare what make/model it is. I'm sure that I could have helped even more as could other posters here.
Good luck I hope you get the compensation you are seeking.

Grumpy_chap

richgl1953 said:

The key wasn’t in a pocket or bag, it was in the front storage. The manufacturer cannot find what caused it but can see it happened! 

Can you also clarify whether your key-fob has a button on it that could possibly have been pressed to stop the car?
That will at least rule out one possibility that has been suggested in the thread.

Must have left you justworriedabit so it is entirely understandable you want to get to the bottom of what actually happened.  If it was a one-off event, that may never be reached.