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In article , ricksabian1
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Our new Subaru won't start without a fob, but it has no 'docking hole'.
As long as you have it in your pocket the car will start when you push
the button. Also, you have to push the button (on the fob) to lock
/unlock the doors once you exit the vehicle.

Yeah, my fob has lock and unlock buttons, but it has a little hole you
put it in before you press the start button. I don't know if it'll still
start if I keep my fob in my fob pocket. I've never tried that, but I
doubt it. Isn't it weird that Levi Strauss was making pants with a

That hole is probably the 'emergency start hole'. If the battery in the
fob is dead you put the fob in that hole. By a type of transformer
action the fob will get enough power to activate the start system. The
fob should work if the battery is good just being in you pocket.

Not on my Beemer. The fob has to go in the fob hole. Undoubtedly
there's a coil around the fob hole, but that's to communicate with the
RFID chip in the fob. If you don't put the fob in, you can't start the
car. Plus, it locks the fob in place, and you can't remove it unless you
press the start button again to stop the car, and then press the fob
inward to engage the release mechanism. Newer ones might work
differently, but that's how mine works.

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