Q: What is 2 key detected

asked by on March 06, 2017

what is the 2 key detected

My car has 102 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

If you have two programmed keys inside the vehicle or on your keyring than the computer detects this. You should not have two keys near vehicle at the same time.

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