Hi everyone... recently bought a 2014 F type... has anyone experienced issues with keyless entry? On the drivers side I can touch the button with key fob in pocket and car unlocks, however, pushing the door handle in to lock the car the handles comes right back out. The system acts as if there was keyfob inside the car. Software or settings issue?

 

I am assuming you can lock the car by using the remote. If so, it is a problem with the software on the remote module. Try rebooting the system by disconnecting the battery for a minute or two to see if that restores functionality. If that doesn't work, it's a dealer repair item.

 

That had happened to me before. It's actually a hardware issue and the dealer had to replace the handle (covered under warranty).

 

If the car does not lock, chirps twice*, and both door handles extend again then the car either thinks a key is inside it or you have a latch or keyless sensor failure (there is a sensor is inside each handle, one in the rear bumper and one in the centre console). Being able to lock from the fob backs that up because you can lock that way even if a key is still inside the car. You can exclude the handle by locking from the other door and seeing if that works as each door and the trunk should be out of range of each other.

* May be market dependant, so the US might not have the chirps enabled.

I believe with a 2014MY you should be able to reflash the Keyless Vehicle Module and program new keys using the diagnostics SDD software (and some 3rd party tools). I think it either 2015 or 2016 that the KVMs became one-time flashable to prevent key cloning thefts which requires the dealer to replace the module and all the keys together. (There is a note about the replacements that says the dealer should only charge you for the item at fault - so you would only pay for the KVM and get two new keys for free for a KVM failure, or you would only pay for one replacement key and get the other and the KVM for free if you had just lost a key.)

If it is just the one handle that is affected then given it is a 2014 it is likely to be the handle. There were failures on the earlier cars - my 2015 had that symptom on the LH side, and the problem was so common that my dealer already had spares in ready to swap over so fixed it while I waited. I can't remember if it was the handle or the actuator behind it that was replaced though.