Jay Sixspeedrt Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 .........simply the keyfob being COLD!!!! I discovered this by accident - once, I was out snowmobiling in December, and instead of putting my keys in my coat pocket, I put them in a storage bin on the snowmobile. Temps were near 0 F. When I got home, I couldn't get in my Journey - but once the keys warmed up, it was back to normal. I thought it was just a fluke - So the other day, I had the Journey in for a NYS inspection - temps were in the single digits - the garage wasn't far from my house, so the Journey never got warmed up. Because they needed the keys to do the emission check, I left them in the cup holder in the Journey. The garage was almost non-heated in side ( I could see my breath) Well, the Journey couldn't detect the key after 20 minutes of sitting in the cold - I had to warm it up in my hands for it to work. I was wondering if maybe the battery in the FOB was weak, causing the issue, as I've had the Journey over 2 years? Well, this weekend I did a little experiment - I was given 2 fobs when I bought my Journey - one is brand new, I never use it. I put the brand new fob in my freezer, which is 0F-10F. After 15 minutes took it out, yep, it didn't work. Neither the automatic proximity sensor nor the manual buttons worked. After 10 minutes of room temps, it was back to functioning normally. Refrigerator type temps - mid to upper 30s, the fob works fine. It's just very cold - below 20F - that disables it - So long as I leave the Fob in my pocket, never an issue. But this might explain some 'mystery' key fob issues that have cropped up. Addicted to Dodge and rolly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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