Q: Intelligent Access intermittent problem

asked by on May 16, 2016

Intelligent Access isn't working reliably on my car any more. I used to just need to hold my finger on the handle to unlock the car every time. Now, it sometimes won't unlock, and I have to use the buttons on my fob. It wasn't working this morning, but now I'm parked at work and it works just fine. Do I need to have something checked out?ing, parked at work and now it works. What gives?

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