Hi. I am new here. I have a frustrating issue with our new 2014 Journey CVP. The dealer is looking into this. It's been in once but the intermittent problem continues. Please let me know if you've experienced this and if it was fixed. Thanks. Here is a description...(I wrote this out for the dealer.) Added bold for emphasis.
PROBLEM: THE DOORS UNLOCK (and the horn chirps three times) WHEN I WALK AWAY (and the fobik is with me not in the DJ.)
About eight or ten times since getting the Journey, when I walk away from the vehicle, the horn chirps three times and the doors unlock. It acts as if the fob is inside the Journey when it is not...it is in my pocket. These few occurrences were out of (what?) perhaps 100 times locking it and walking away — so maybe one in ten times. I’ve tried it several times at home and can’t make it happen, so it is very intermittent. It is a tad worrisome as I don’t want the vehicle unlocked when I am shopping.
1. I lock the doors with the inside door panel lock button. I get out, walk away and the horn chirps three times and the doors unlock.
2. The fobik is loose inside my coat or jean pocket. There is no way the keys are subject to pressure, thus accidentally activating the unlock button. In any case, if the “unlock” button is pushed, the horn does not beep three times.
3. This has happened when I’ve been alone and with my wife — there’s not another fobik involved when I am alone.
4. It only happens after I get 10 to 20 feet away from the vehicle.
5. The 2014 Journey owner’s manual (page 39,) states,
If one of the vehicle’s Passive Entry RKE transmitters is detected inside the vehicle, and no other valid Passive Entry RKE transmitters are detected outside the vehicle, the Passive Entry System automatically unlocks all vehicle doors and chirps the horn three times …
6. The event is similar to leaving the fob in the car, locking the door and walking way. EXCEPT when the fob is inside, the horn chirps and the doors unlock when I am only 2 or 3 feet away. The “accidental” unlocking has only happened when I am 10 to 20 feet away.
Any information is appreciated.
Thanks
CAS
aka pontiac1940
Alberta, Canada
This same thing is happening to me. I bought my 2017 Dodge journey used at a Honda dealership. It only came with 1 key fob. I've tried quickly running away from the vehicle. I really need it to stop. I work early in the morning and the employee parking is right next to people's homes. I keep the fob in my backpack at all times because I have a tendency of losing things, therefore I use the button on the door to lock it. I keep no other electronics in my pack besides occasionally my Kindle paper white on airplane mode.
Doors (sometimes) unlock when I walk away .. FOBIK with me
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This same thing is happening to me. I bought my 2017 Dodge journey used at a Honda dealership. It only came with 1 key fob. I've tried quickly running away from the vehicle. I really need it to stop. I work early in the morning and the employee parking is right next to people's homes. I keep the fob in my backpack at all times because I have a tendency of losing things, therefore I use the button on the door to lock it. I keep no other electronics in my pack besides occasionally my Kindle paper white on airplane mode.