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Dunno, my Lancer lasted 4 years, only started alarming a day out from the end of a 4 year lease. Could come down to the unpredictable life of a battery.
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I have found that if I have my garage remote (which also contains the keyfob to my missus car) in the same pocket as the key fob, or I have just locked the car (within about 15sec), the car wont unlock by hand
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Yeah i dunno, in my old XR5 the battery lasted about 6mths and it never had passive entry either.
Seems hit and miss, it doesnt happen all the time though. I might just replace it anyway.
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My ST is 9 months old and I'm noticing the remote isn't always recognised when I rich the door handle.. Probably low battery too
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Do these new remotes broadcast all the time rather than just when you press a button because that may explain the short battery life.
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Pretty sure they would be smart enough to "activate" when in proximity. A sesnsible design would use the larger and rechargeable car battery where possible. And we know Ford always does the sensible thing....right?
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The battery in the remote is a $3 part. At least they aren't an integrated complete key fob replacement at several hundred dollars like some other cars out there.
I don't really think it's a huge deal..
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Could be interference, wireless technology is prone to interference from many factors, I would bet if you didn't replace it would keep on performing in an adhoc manner as you have described
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Yeah no biggy, im not worried. Batteries are cheap.
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Depending on what fuel you use may cause it to be more noticable as well. Ive noticed with mine that V-Power tends to soot the rear of the car up quicker then Vortex 98 or BP Ultimate, i presume its because of the different additive packs found in each fuel.
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Both DJ and I only use BP98
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Yep only BP 98 in my ST
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I've gone back to BP 95 and haven't noticed any smoke since.. Plus it's cheaper... Not much drop in performance
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Ive stuck with Vortex 98 for quite sometime, was BP Ultimate before that but with 10% off Caltex I couldn't pass that up, basically makes the 98 the same price as e10, plus I'm tuned for 98....
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BP98 only
smokes like a B*tch. getting sick of having to clean the soot off the back all the time lol its not blue or white, so im not worried
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Have found BP98 the best out of the bunch......
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How cool are the headlight washer jets that pop out? The more I find out about the little FoST the more I love it
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I removed the fuse for them, hate that when I just wanna wash my windscreen that the bonnet gets sprayed too...
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Huh? I have the Focus ST and I don't have headlight washers. Are you sure you're referring to the Focus ST here?
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Hell yeah the focus st has headlight washers, behind that little plastic square on your bumper
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Yeah they seem to be temperamental for me. I don't mind it so much as by the time im using the washer on the windscreen the car is dirty anyways
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I,m not 100% certain, but I think the headlight washers only work when you have the headlights on, I have found that every time I wash the windscreen when the lights are on the headlight washers activate aswell
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Well it finally happened today :( Evilst got rear ended :( not much damage few scratches and some dents in the bumper so it's off on Wednesday to the panel beaters to get assessed... Think the P plater behind me learnt a valuable lesson don't take your eyes off the road just cos the light goes green doesn't mean every takes off straight away..
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Dislike. Saw this exact same thing happen a few weeks back except the L plater was the one that got hit
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Anyways, had a look around and through this thread, chasing up some better floor mats for the ST, would love a rubber drivers side one, or at minimum one that comes up behind the pedals and covers the foot rest, the carpet is getting trashed from my work boots. I do notice the US get some pretty nice ones which from a quick eyeball will fit on the drivers side, but passenger side is pretty different. |
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My footrest is wearing too..... Hate how the floor mat doesn't cover the foot rest
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