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Old 08-23-2007, 01:04 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally posted by dohmai
Hi, I've been having a similar problem lately and I'm hoping to get people's take on it. I have a 2007 Murano with the Intellikey Fat keyfob.

I know that holding the unlock button lowers both front windows and I use feature this all the time intentionally.

However, twice in the last month I've woken up to find both front windows lowered and I'd certainly never leave them down intentionally, as I park outside on the street, near park sprinklers.

The first time I thought it was just my own error and I possibly lowered them accidentally via the keyfob, though I had my doubts as after I park, I don't place my keys into my pocket but simply hold them and place them on my desk when inside.

Then this morning it happened again and my interior is a bit wet from the sprinklers!

What made me think it wasn't me doing this accidentally was the fact that when I got to my car this morning, both windows were down, but the doors were locked. I'm sure they were locked because I reached into my car, pushed the unlock key on the door panel, and set the alarm off when I tried opening the door.


Normally when I operate the remote window lowering, after the windows are lowered, the driver door is UNlocked (since it's holding down the unlock button). So I assume if the mysterious window lowering was my fault by pressing the keyfob, the driver door would have been unlocked.

The only thing I can think of (besides some kind of failure, bad signals, etc.) is that I'm accidentally lowering the windows by pressing on the keyfob, THEN once they're completely down, hitting the lock button to lock the doors. This probably sounds like the most 'logical' conclusion, but with the way I handle my keys after getting out, going inside, it actually seems tough to pull off for me.

Even though I usually never carry keys in my pocket when getting home, if I were to, I'd only have them in my pocket from the 30 second walk from outside my house to inside, meaning all this would occur during that time. But then I'd also hear the lock horn go off if indeed I rolled down the windows, then pushed the lock button.

Once I'm inside, I just set the keys on my desk and nothing pushes up against the fob. And even if it did, I'd hear the lock horn go off immediately after it was depressed (it indeed something on my desk or the desk itself was pushing it). I don't think it'd make sense for the buttons to suddenly get depressed on my desk in the middle of the night (so I wouldn't hear the horn during sleep) if they weren't depressed upon immediate contact with the desk.

I'm hoping it's just my own error instead of a bigger problem, but I'm hoping others have some thoughts or have had similar experiences with fixes, etc. I love the car, but phantom window rolling in a public place is a bit tough to handle!

Thanks!
I don't know if the intelligent key models have the "autolock" feature, but its possible the same signal that is causing your windows to go down is also unlocking your doors, but because they were not opened in a certain amt of time, they relocked. My moldy oldie 03 model has this feature.
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