Keyless Entry

[SnoKing]

Saw this on RV.net

"For those that do not know, my new Ram, along with most built in the last few years, have the no key start button and key fob.

Neat feature is all one has to do to unlock the doors is put your hand (key fob in pocket) inside the front door handle and presto! Doors unlock.

Wonderful! And this scared me bad during a recent nine day trip with my truck camper.

I had been habitually leaving my key fob on the kitchen counter area of my truck camper at night when I slept in the camper.

Several nights into my trip, wandering around my truck,no key fob present (it was inside the camper) I could not recall if I locked the truck, so I tried the back door and it was indeed locked.

Walking away, I just leaned on my front door for a second, and my hand went inside the handle. The truck unlocked.

I figured out that my leaving the key fob on the kitchen counter (basically just above and behind the cab of the pickup inside the camper) was too close to the cab, so it acted as though the key fob was in my pocket and unlocked the vehicle.

After getting home a day or so back, in my driveway, I tried this again, with same results. The truck unlocked. Key fob in same position in camper. Worse yet, I jumped in and started the vehicle!

Good grief! Here we had been sleeping soundly above the cab in the truck camper and any ner-do-well could have actually gotten in our vehicle and driven off with it with us as unwilling passengers.

So keep this in mind when storing your keys for the night in the camper. I suspect this is true for all truck campers, and possibly fifth wheels too.

The fifth wheel scenario would be someone stopped for the night, keys in front bedroom, and fiver hitched to truck. I suspect the keys in this case would also be too close to the cab.

I have started storing my key fob as far back in the truck camper as I can go. This seems to work to prevent the unlocking or starting of the vehicle. "

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28305348.cfm

SNOKING

 

[Bill Stockard]

I don't think that would be a problem if I owned a new truck with keyless entry, an option I would order. I normally store the truck key fob and the camper keys on a key hook right inside the rear entrance door of the camper. It would place the key fob about 3 feet to the rear of the truck's rear bumper and probably out of range.

Bill

 

[sag2]

The key fob is generally not detected more than a couple of feet away from the vehicle. The RFH triangulates the key position based on the four antennas located inside the truck. When I have tested the system if you get more than a body width and outstretched arm holding the key it will not work.

 

[Badunit]

The passive entry system is new to me, I have not had much time to play around with it. The manual has some info, though:

With a valid Passive Entry RKE transmitter within 5 ft (1.5 m) of the driver door handle, grab the front driver door handle to unlock the driver’s door automatically. With a valid Passive Entry RKE transmitter within 5 ft (1.5 m) of the passenger door handle, grab the front 2 passenger door handle to unlock all doors automatically.

Passive Entry may be programmed ON/OFF. Refer to “Uconnect® Settings” in “Understanding Your Instrument Panel” for further information.