Hack for rolling up windows with key fob??

[Norm Peterson]

I live in southeast Alabama and am getting so tired of going out to my car every afternoon to roll my windows up when I think it's about to rain.

Is your job that exciting? That a brief mid-afternoon break from it and a chance to stretch your legs isn't welcome?


Norm

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[Dominant1]

I never leave my windows down and walk away from my car under any circumstances....guess i don't need a hack!

 

[Supa LA]

OP- why are you leaving your car unattended with the windows down in the first place?? :doh:

 

[Dominant1]

Because in alabama no one is a criminal!!!...lol

 

[Norm Peterson]

Wide open would be one thing, cracked an inch or so to let the worst of the heat out another.

That said, there are a few places where I won't do that if I'm going to be away from the car for more than a few minutes. Where I worked (I'm now retired) there wasn't ever much worry.


Norm

 

[Earlsays]

It would be nice - I love rolling down the window with the fob, almost never do it, because what's the point, I cannot roll it up with the fob....I couldn't care less about "safety" issues...there must be a way to enable this...

 

[Stangnut]

Our parking lot is close enough to my office that I would be able to hear the alarm if someone messed with my car. That and it's very unlikely someone would try anything to begin with. I have no problem leaving the windows all the way down.

As for leaving it down only an inch, because of the way the car is designed, even cracking it half an inch will allow rain to get in the car.

 

[Norm Peterson]

As for leaving it down only an inch, because of the way the car is designed, even cracking it half an inch will allow rain to get in the car.

It's not much better in the S197, as long as it's just sitting still in a parking lot.

Not having remote lowering either, I'd also get to get up from my desk on the hot summer days around mid-afternoon to open the windows wider than the inch down or so where I'd left them at 6:15 AM that morning. Hell, the guys who still smoked got to take a couple of breaks outside the building, this was mine.


Norm

 

[awmustang]

In the US windows will only be allowed to roll down via the fob due to child safety reasons. On BMW's you can get into the code and change it so that you can roll up the windows remotely. Though I don't use this function ever so I haven't looked for a solution, I bet a dealer could program it though.

Other Ford cars allow you to roll the windows up via the FOB, in the US. The Fusion has this feature. Lincoln has it as well.

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[tza888]

Other Ford cars allow you to roll the windows up via the FOB, in the US. The Fusion has this feature. Lincoln has it as well.

I was just about to say this. My 2014 Fusion Hybrid that i traded for the Mustang had the ability to roll up the windows with the fob.

I will never understand why the mustang lost features that some of the cheaper cars have. I drove a shitty little focus sedan loaner that had a digital speedo yet my 40k mustang doesnt have this. UGH :frusty::doh:

 

[Norm Peterson]

Maybe "shitty little sedans" need technology to attract people to them in the first place. Not fun enough in their own right otherwise.

Unlike, say, a Mustang.


Norm

 

[wireeater]

Maybe "shitty little sedans" need technology to attract people to them in the first place. Not fun enough in their own right otherwise.

Unlike, say, a Mustang.


Norm

:lol:

 

[Stangnut]

Other Ford cars allow you to roll the windows up via the FOB, in the US. The Fusion has this feature. Lincoln has it as well.

Well hopefully someone can figure out how to make the Mustang do it. This also tells me there isn't a problem with safety if Ford makes other cars that will do it.

 

[awmustang]

I was just about to say this. My 2014 Fusion Hybrid that i traded for the Mustang had the ability to roll up the windows with the fob.

I will never understand why the mustang lost features that some of the cheaper cars have. I drove a shitty little focus sedan loaner that had a digital speedo yet my 40k mustang doesnt have this. UGH :frusty::doh:

The Mustang has always been light on features. When I went from my 2001 Focus 2 door to my 2005 Mustang, I couldn't believe that my focus went back to the previous seat recline angle after you folded it forward, but my literally twice as expensive Mustang didn't. (Didn't put people back there often, but would throw my bag or whatever back there.)
The Mustang could really use front parking sensors. And I was shocked when it got Adaptive cruise and cooled seats. But it doesn't have lane keep assist or the auto parking feature (Both of which I don't miss, just listing options available on the Fusion and Focus that aren't on the more expensive Mustang). Perhaps the money spent on engines and chassis tuning is why it's missing these features? I don't know, but I agree it's always struck me as odd.

 

[LETHAL]

Good news is, my fob now opens every garage door in my neighborhood at the same time. Bad news is, now it won't open my Mustang...

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