Car all rigged to tow. Engine turned off. Transmission in neutral. Pop the hood release from inside the car. Shut the doors. Open the hood. Throw the battery disconnect switch. Drop the hood. We’re good.
Problem.
The car doors are locked. I don’t know why they’re locked; they’re never locked when we tow; but this time they’re locked.
I pull out the fob.
It does nothing. I can’t unlock the doors. The battery is disconnected. The front doors, the side doors, the rear door, nothing is going to work without the battery connected. The only way to open the hood and reconnect the battery is to open the car door and pull the hood latch. But I can’t open the car door because the door is locked. All I have is a digital fob with buttons to push. I’m going in circles…
Finally.
The aha moment.
The digital fob has buttons to lock and unlock doors, make the sliding side doors open and close, and open and close the rear door. None of them work because the battery in the car is disconnected. But there is one more button on the fob. Push that button and the fob separates. Cleverly hidden inside the fob is an emergency key.
Who would ever need anything so primitive as an actual physical key?
Me. Thank you Chrysler. The key worked. The door opened. The hood opened. The battery reconnected. And the car alarm didn’t even sound!
Crisis averted.
We’re home, safe and sound.
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