Actual Key Fob Data

[rfc805]

You already can?
Set up mobile key and disable proximity lock/unlock in the car’s settings.

Does that work? When I did this with the delivery agent, it disabled the mobile key. It would only work with proximity enabled.

 

[segbrk]

Does that work? When I did this with the delivery agent, it disabled the mobile key. It would only work with proximity enabled.

I haven't tried it in a while, but I used it like that for a few months without issue. The old iOS app / current Android app had a rather confusing warning message when you did that which looked like mobile key was disabled, but it worked anyway, that was just a UI flaw.

 

[rfc805]

I haven't tried it in a while, but I used it like that for a few months without issue. The old iOS app / current Android app had a rather confusing warning message when you did that which looked like mobile key was disabled, but it worked anyway, that was just a UI flaw.

Well hell, this whole time then I maybe thought this wasn't possible just because the app told me so - I always had the fob so I never actually tested it beyond that.

 

[Mondo316]

Thanks again Bob. The variabity we are hearing about may also be caused by a change in chip vendors. From the table I posted, different chips have different lives. I also wonder if they lower the advertising rate according to not hearing the mothership. That would be a terrific scheme to increase battery life (and justify the Faraday bag.) Fob battery SOC could be roughly measured from its battery voltage. FYI - I try to stick with Energizers from Amazon.

I wish we could hear from LUCID with real info and ideas.

I had service visit me at home in mid November 2024. Winston was the tech's name, and we discussed fob battery life. He told me that Lucid had lowered the fob advertising rate to extend battery life. He also told me that if I am near my car and its not sensing the fob, to shake the fob and that should then wake my Lucid,. Apparently, the fob has an acceleration feature to wake it up to send a signal to the car. I've not had to use this feature yet to wake my car, so haven't tested it.

Just a side note, since my purchase in 2023, Houston was my assigned service center. Being in Wichita, Kansas, its a long haul for service to make. With the above service visit, I was reassigned to the Goose Island location in Chicago, and my technician is based in Kansas City, just 3 hours away. A great improvement for those of us Lucid owners in the great plains of the USA.

 

[Steve181]

Thanks Mondo: That explains a lot.

Here is my Version 2 keyfob using a CR2477/VCN battery which should provide over 4X the life of the original battery. This uses an $8.95 key case from Amazon, that holds the Lucid fob and battery well. The battery was $4.38 + $6.99 shipping from DigiKey. A small amount of soldering is required. This is much smaller, but should last longer, than the Version 1 that I posted recently.

 

[Steve181]

Note that it also has a real house key holder instead of a mysterious slot that I was never able to thread anything through. I am now trying to learn sending the letter A in Lucid Morse Code (with tricky timing) so that the trunk will open remotely.

 

[PhotoEye]

Sometimes I feel bad for these posters, because:

I can not think of any car, at any price, that I'd rather have....

Cosmo
(representing the tens of thousands of joyful Lucid owners who can't think of any reason to post here)

"Tens of thousands?" Are we there yet?

 

[Steve181]

"Tens of thousands?" Are we there yet?

Lucid: A wonderful car insulted by a poorly designed key.

 

[fisheral]

I can just imagine the key design team being instructed to take care of aesthetics first and then try to deal with the rest later.

 

[ButMahElectrons]

The fob sure is funny.
My battery life is definitely in the 3-6mo. range since I'm not the primary driver.
But what is very annoying is that I could just breathe on the fob, and the car will wake up in the garage a million times.
But when I'm out, getting groceries or whatnot, I look like an idiot shaking my keys in the parking lot, just so the trunk can open.

 

[Buffalo Bob]

But what is very annoying is that I could just breathe on the fob, and the car will wake up in the garage a million times.
But when I'm out, getting groceries or whatnot, I look like an idiot shaking my keys in the parking lot, just so the trunk can open.

I have the exact same experience using only my phone. When you are out, I can only guess that the car knows that you have recently parked it somewhere, and if it senses a paired FOB or app shortly thereafter, it wants to be sure that you are not just walking/shopping/eating/etc. nearby. It will do the same thing if I park my car in the garage, and then return to the car a few minutes later to get something.

 

[Steve181]

I wish they would sell us one (perhaps at a discount) that works like those on a cheap rental car.