Intelligent key question..
 

Hi, on the 370Z, does the Nissan "intelligent key" have a feature where the doors automatically unlock when you walk close to the vehicle and lock when you walk away?

on my 370z, i have to manually lock and unlock by pressing the buttons on the key fob.. is that right?


sorry, n00b question. :tiphat:

yes i did try the search with no helpful results.

thanks for the help!

Well you can also press the button your driver's door handle to open the door when your key is in the vicinity.

negative, nothing auto.

next time its locked and sunny out hold down the unlock button till something magical happens!

omg im such an idiot.. never even noticed a button near the handle lol. thank you.


now what about locking it?

:iagree: You can press this button on the door handle to lock or unlock the car as long as you have the key in your pocket/purse/bookbag. Sorry, the Z keyfob DO NOT have the approach sensors.

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seriously make sure its sunny out!

That would've been a nice feature.

There is one auto feature, if you unlock from the keyfob (either on purpose or accidentally) then don't open the doors for a minute or two (not sure exactly how long) the car locks itself.

Nice little security feature.

To my knowledge, 370Z's don't offer this type of technology package. They probably offer it on the G35/G37, but that is more a luxury sports car as opposed to a strict sports car, as is the case with the 370Z.

BMW offers this type of technology package, know as "Comfort Access" although I believe that it adds $500.00 (MSRP) to the cost of the vehicle.

I don't have it on my Bimmer, but it would be nice to have, although some users complain that it doesn't always work, so some recommend against it. Also, additional connectivity items such as Comfort Access (read: Battery Gremlins) tend to eat up precious battery life.

Martin

That "feature" was accidentally triggered on my wife's pathfinder during a snowstorm last winter. I got to clean a huge snowdrift out of her car the next morning.

Good thing it was a "dry" snow :ugh:

yah id feel bad if i triggered something like that but during a monsoon or something

Thank you all so much for the clarification and tips. Gonna try it out in the morning!

nope not offrered on the G37 either. have to push the fob button or the door buton

It would be very easy to implement but I suspect there is a reason they didn't - just like being able to roll the windows down with the remote but not back up.

maybe it has to do with the way the windows seal when they close to keep the cabin pressurized

Please tell me again what triggers the windows to mysteriously wind up half opened?

^Press and hold the unlock button on the fob. After a few seconds the windows start rolling down until you let go of the button.

For this to happen, must you be within 30 inches of the car, or can it happen from a distance?

as long as the fob is in range to unlock/lock the doors.

So this could explain how in the garage, overnight the windows are down in the morning. I must have accidentally pressed the button in my pocket.

Let me tell ya a little secret. If you idiotically left your FOBgina, as so many on here call it, in the car, and you happen to press the button below the silver door handle (exterior), it won't let you lock yourself outta the car. Try it my fellow 370 drivers. My Nissan rep at Fontana Neezan demonstrated that feature.

I'm awaiting my rep points... ;)

Hey, we're not flying aircraft. :icon17:

you might as well be because when you shut your door and the window goes up it is due to air pressure in the car. if the window didnt move down then back up when it closes the door wouldnt close because it cant displace the air

Yep.

Uhhhh.....NO!

Using that logic you wouldn't be able to close the hatch with the windows up. There's plenty of volume inside the car to compress the air a bit.

If you look at the window, you'll see it goes up into a "U" shaped channel, primarily to better seal out wind noise. If the glass didn't drop a hair it would be trapped in that channel and you'd break something trying to open the door....

Sorry no rep points...I and others knew this already.

Also, the fobgina is not the fob you leave in the car, it's the place on the left and below the steering wheel where the fob can be inserted. So leaving the fobgina in the car is always required, as it's part of the car.

here's a question since there's a thread opened already...kinda a little off topic but has to do with keyfob...sorry, if this is in the manual, then, well, I'm just too lazy to read it, but here goes:

How long/far can you drive the car without the the keyfob inside the car? cuz you can actually drive it once it's been started without the keyfob..


oh, here's another tip for the OP, if your engine is running, and you need to step out of the car for a quick minute (to run into the grocery store, or maybe to warn up your car in the early morning), you can start the car, step out, close the door, and use the keyfob or the button on the door handle to lock the car...I do this a lot when I have to just run in and out somewhere, just so I don't have to restart my car again and my A/C will still be running, AND my car is locked so no one can get in it...I guess you can say there's a benefit to this too: you burn less gas cuz you don't have to restart the car, cuz your car juices more gas when you start the vehicle...then again, if you're gonna be in somewhere for 30 minute, that defeats the whole purpose of saving gas...in that case, turn off your damn car, you're heating up the outdoor damn it... :)

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wow...
This guy is out on the roads DRIVING this car...

Every site has them.Amazing isn't it?Scary thing is they reproduce!

But it just made SO much sense, it HAD to be true

Haha, I didn't learn about this feature until a couple weeks after I got my ride. I actually thought to check because I accidently rolled the windows down in someone's 98-ish Maxima.

This feature is an easy aftermarket addition, especially with an aftermarket alarm. DEI (and I'm sure most other smaller lines) Car Alarms all have the capability of adding a 530T Window Automation Module. It not only gives you "one-touch" functionality for your windows but can be triggered to vent, roll down, or roll up your windows.

Default usage would be a button press to vent, press and hold to roll down (stop at any time to leave the windows where they are,) or arm the alarm to roll the windows up. The automatic rolling-up of the windows upon arming is the best feature IMO.

Installation requires 4 wires to be run INTO each door, so most will shy away from this, unless paying someone else to install it. I haven't looked at the doorjams in detail yet, nor inspected the wire harness boot to see if it is a plug style.

I'm sure this module could also be installed without an alarm and give you the ability to automatically roll up your windows upon arming, so long as the BCM has an isolated arm output beyond flashing the lights, the chirp, or locking the doors.

I will be ordering a DEI 2Way Remote Start car alarm within the next 4 to 6 weeks, and doing a full write-up of the installation process. ATM I'm not sure if I will install a window module, although knowing me, I probably will.

I wish they would still have the remote rear hatch release like the 350Z...

Thanks for the tip! I'll certainly wave if I ever see you zooming around in Houston. :tup:

Mine works from about 30 feet away, "if" there is a clean line of site to the car. Nice on hot days to roll the windows down from that far away, makes the interior a little cooler when you get in.

John

Indeed. I hate having to finger my car when I need in the hatch

"hole control" veteran like you should have no issues with "fingering the rear hatch" :rofl2:

careful how you finger it! she may come to. :bowrofl:

Oh, I know how to do it, and do it well. I just wanna. Car is there to please me, not the other way around.