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A mind of its own?

dstasse

Member
May 25, 2018
42
9
NJ
MX parked in garage, not plugged in, 80% charged, sentry mode off. Frequently, head and tail lights will go on for 30 seconds or so and go go off. Now, in addition to that, driver's door opens and closes by itself and mirrors fold in. Also hearing what sounds like the A/C system coming on. I'm noticing these antics while working in garage. Not carrying fob, which is well away. Seems to coincide with 2020.24.6.4 update. Don't recall it happening prior.
Curious if anybody else's has similar unusual behavior.
 

mxnym

Member
Mar 9, 2018
839
306
Bloomington, IN
Sounds like it might be picking up the signal from a key fob.
I think this seems more likely. Move all key fobs a bit further away in case your movements are amplifying/reflecting keyfob signals. If the phone was the cause, I think the release notes would have told you that you could now use your phone as a key regardless of whether or not it would also be necessary to have the app open.
 

ElectricTD

Member
Oct 12, 2018
7
9
Illinois
I think this seems more likely. Move all key fobs a bit further away in case your movements are amplifying/reflecting keyfob signals. If the phone was the cause, I think the release notes would have told you that you could now use your phone as a key regardless of whether or not it would also be necessary to have the app open.
We have a 2021 X and are having the same problem. I have moved the FOBs further away and this will still happen sometimes.
 

Bigriver

Member
Mar 2, 2018
378
314
Pittsburgh, PA
We have a 2021 X and are having the same problem. I have moved the FOBs further away and this will still happen sometimes.
Are you 100% sure sentry mode is off? I was recently at a relative’s house and my car’s lights turned on every time I entered the garage (without a key). Took me a bit to realize that sentry mode was on and that after I turned it off, it defaulted back on each day.
 

Hodginator

Member
Jul 14, 2013
298
103
Virginia
I had the same issue and ended up needing to buy a medal box to put our fobs in even though they were about 20 ft from the X. The X seems to be extra sensitive to fob proximity.
 

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