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2020 f pace. My car only came with one key fob and it broke. Not thinking, I left the actual key inside the car. A day after getting an oil change (not at a dealership🤦♀️) the battery was dead, key locked inside. What’s the best route to take here? Call roadside assistance(covered by insurance) or go to dealership and pay out of pocket for a new key, which I hear can be kinda pricey.(I probably need to do this anyway). Could the oil change place be at fault? I read if they undocked from the computer system improperly it could have drained the battery. Is there a way to jump it from underneath (without getting inside to pop the hood?
Call roadside first. They can unlock it and jump the battery from underneath. Then deal with the key later. Oil change place probably didn’t cause this.
Locked out without key fob with a dead battery. As a last resort. On my XF, there is a way to jump the battery by removing the splash shield on the front passenger wheel (right side). The F-Pace most likely be the same or similar structure.
And can you clarify. You only have one keyfob and it's broken? So how do you normally unlock and start the car?
Dead battery has nothing to do with key being broken. And the f pace doesn't typically have that battery drain gremlin (that's an f type issue)
That's puzzles me, how will the key fob be locked inside the car? I don't have any recollection of Jags have walk away autolock once the ignition is turned off.