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Originally posted by Gibb:

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Originally posted by Scurvy:
It needs a jump. I've been in similar situations where you think there's no way it could be the battery and it is.

Also, push start vehicles should all have an emergency back up key and regular ignition in case the system fails. I would check for that. The key is usually hidden in the fob and the cylinder is in the console or on the dash somewhere.

Not all have the backup ignition switch. My wife's Escape has the manual door lock, if the key fob fails. For the ignition, however, you have to place the key in a certain spot on the console to start it if the fob dies. There is no secondary ignition switch.

Toyota's instructions are to place the key fob on the start button and use the fob to push the start button. Even a "dead" fob battery should be able to "start" a Toyota this way.
Hot weather kills batteries, cold weather tends to reveal the issues. My experience with Toyota factory batteries is they are 36 month and that any thing beyond that is a gift. Reminds me to start testing the wife's 2016 Hybrid. I replaced the 2012 Camry battery in 2014 so looks like I may need to budget for two batteries next year. (Along with a set of tires...)

Had a Nissan Murano that would sometimes not recognize the key. I'd have the key in my hand step on the brake push the button and the dash would say "No Key ". But if I put the key in the pod on the dash it would start and then work fine for sometime . Then out of the blue it would act up again. At one time I had to take the car into Nissan and they reprogramed all the keys. Won't have another Nissan.