Keyfob stopped working

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My 2019 is five months old. I got out today and the keyfob wouldn’t lock the door. When I turned it off before getting out, there was an alert on the dash that said to restart the truck. I didn’t do anything out of the ordinary. Anyone know what happened to the keyfob? Nothing is plugged into an adapter that could be interfering with the signal.
 
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Will do. I figured it shouldn’t be dying after five months, but that’s an easy check to do.
 

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Mine too. I use one key just for stealership visits, and fortunately it’s been infrequently used. battery died at around 2 years. The key I use every day going on 3 years old, still working.
 
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I used the key manually for five different starts and then the keyfob just started working again. No idea why.
 

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replace the battery.
These coin batteries are odd ducks. I have them in a bunch of red dot sights and when they start getting low, the dot disappears periodically then reappears.
 

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had this happen 2 hours ago at grocery store parking lot. had to use the over ride in the bottom of front cup holder. lift up rubber bottum and their is a spot to insert key fob for the override.
 

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Had issues with mine, had to replace the battery. Weird thing is when I used to park it in front of the old company I used to work at it hardly worked, not sure why. Pretty odd and the first time it happened I was pretty bummed for that to happen to a 74k truck.
 
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I used the manual one in the cup holder a few times and then the keyfob started working again. I'm purchasing new batteries and will just change it out. Hopefully I just never see the issue again.
 
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