2009 Dodge Challenger R/T: I can find the fob

Maybe you need a new battery

Clarifying last comment: maybe the battery in the fob needs to be replaced.

Mr Magrath is on a mean streak! lol

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If it wasn't for those arrows I would not have found it, either. :-P

+1 for the battery maybe being low. The start/stop button cover pops off and you can manually insert the key to start the car. Try that.

This car is not even a year old.
Do remote entry key fobs need that frequent battery change?
Old school keyfob batteries from like, uh, last year before this remote start thing last for 5 years or more.
If there's frequent battery change needed, isn't it always on your mind? That counters the purpose of leave-it-in-your-pocket-and-forget.

A quality German/American/Canadian product to be sure.

You've somehow engaged the car alarm to whatever setting does this... I've done this a couple times in my 2010 Challenger by accident... If you remove the start/stop button (simply unplugs) and start the car manually with the plug-key-whatever-nub (like I believe you do in the dodge ram) it should reset the computer to find the fob...

At least that worked for me.... no its not a build quality problem, I'm sure if I read the manual I could explain how I accidentally engaged this part of the alarm.... but that would involve reading... way to hard!

I am not a fan of this technology. Just give me a key, that will be just fine.

I've never had a fob battery die...

Don't fobs usually charge themselves when the key is inserted?

Are you sure that key fob doesn't belong to the Ram(they look identical)?

@hondaacura21

Look close and you'll see a trunk release button. It has to be the Challenger's because the Ram doesn't have a trunk.

hondaacura21,
The 2 key fobs are not identical.
http://blogs.insideline.com/roadtests/2010/01/2009-dodge-challenger-rt-stubborn-unlocking.html

The Challenger has the trunk button on the left location, and the Ram has the whatever button on the right location.
And they both have 3 blank unused button because it's cool to have unused blank buttons on key fobs.

@billt9: The Ram's button is for remote start.

Is that a fob in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

http://blogs.insideline.com/roadtests/2009/04/2009-dodge-challenger-rt-heres-where-the-key-goes.html

There are places in your car that engineers design this feature not to work such as the top of the dash. If you left your fob there and started driving, it could fly anywhere in the car. Chrysler probably designed it not to work up there.

"Chrysler probably designed it not to work up there."

Doubtful that's even possible to achieve given the cost considerations of this system. Keyless systems can discern areas via the antenna arrays in the car, but are not precise enough to determine the key is ON the steering wheel versus the shirt pocket of someone sitting very close to the wheel.

As to it being a battery issue, I've had fully keyless systems for years and never once had a battery go dead. For this one to die within a year of ownership is bad. The batteries are usually lithium-ion or a watch-type and not rechargeable. A rechargeable is a bad design in a system where the key is intended to never be inserted. My money is on a system/transmitter problem since this car is having unlocking but apparently not locking/trunk opening problems.