Keyless entry, Passive entry...
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Keyless entry, Passive entry...
We are waiting for our XE-R to arrive and are driving a loaner. New vehicle will have standard electronics for the 3.5 XE-R, no "packs". Standard features include "Keyless" entry, but it is unclear if "keyless" means you don't have to unlock with fob. Wife is coming out of an Audi A6 and "passive" entry, or lack thereof is a deal breaker. I don't have the car yet so I can't just go look for little square on door handle to verify. Does anyone know definitively if XE-R comes with "passive" entry or is it necessary to unlock with key fob?
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I’ve had this on my XE for 6 months now, and using it has become very elegant. Just carrying the fob on you gives you “god-like authorization” to enter the vehicle any time you want by just pulling on a door handle. No need to push any button on your fob, no need to reach in your pocket and touch it at all. As long as you have the fob near the car, the security system is lifted and the door unlocks a split second before you actually start pulling on the handle… no interruption or delay in your movement at all.
In my neighborhoods, this is great because prospective thieves never get to see HOW you opened the car. They don’t see you reach or click anything. Walk over to the door, it invisibly knows you when you go for that handle, and you’re in like James Bond.
My family hates it, because if any on THEM pull on a door handle, the car ignores them and stays locked. I’m loving it, for that very same reason. Hehehe.
My retired mother described it best, “YOU come over and open this door for me. The car doesn’t deny YOU!”
Incidentally, any time you like, you are still free to to the conventional "pull out the fob and press it to unlock/lock the car", if you want.
I’ve tested the range on my fob, and it’s the first one I’ve ever owned that can consistently signal the car from nearly ¾ of a block away.
In my neighborhoods, this is great because prospective thieves never get to see HOW you opened the car. They don’t see you reach or click anything. Walk over to the door, it invisibly knows you when you go for that handle, and you’re in like James Bond.
My family hates it, because if any on THEM pull on a door handle, the car ignores them and stays locked. I’m loving it, for that very same reason. Hehehe.
My retired mother described it best, “YOU come over and open this door for me. The car doesn’t deny YOU!”
Incidentally, any time you like, you are still free to to the conventional "pull out the fob and press it to unlock/lock the car", if you want.
I’ve tested the range on my fob, and it’s the first one I’ve ever owned that can consistently signal the car from nearly ¾ of a block away.
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I dont think that there is any need for a pack to get the "passive" entry. You probably know this (I had the car a few weeks before I realised), but to lock the car you touch the little dimple in the door handle, and to double lock it you touch it twice. Sometimes when I am washing the XE it thinks that the hose is my finger so it keeps unlocking and locking.
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Mine will double lock if I press any dimple twice or the lock icon on the key fob twice.
And then the road runner horn sounds........one beep
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On the opening page of the app, above the car's current location, it will read "vehicle locked and alarmed"
If you touch that portion of the screen, it will take you to another page that has "vehicle lock/unlock" and will show what on the car is opened/closed or locked/unlocked.
It will also allow you to unlock the vehicle, after you enter your PIN.
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I never grip any handles except to open. I press any dimple to lock/ double lock. RF, LF, RR, LR door, doesn't matter on mine.
And the missus and I have the remote app loaded on both our phones. They both use the same log in.
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Was just at dealership to pick up vehicle. Car is gorgeous... Perfect for wife. XE-R 3.5 RWD, Fuji White, black/red leather, black wheels... Unfortunately, the car does not come standard with "passive entry", no little square on door handle, have to use fob. Deal breaker for wife, going to be getting another Audi.
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