My car has been acting strangely lately whenever I put the key in the ignition to start it. It takes a few moments to get it to turn. But today, it went into total lockdown after several attempts to get the key to turn. Then I watched the whole dash panel go dead. I'm assuming that was a safety feature because the car thinks it's being stolen. The lock and unlock features work on the key so I don't think it's the battey on the key itself, and I've used this key since I had the car. I don't know what's going on. Is this what the car does if the battery goes dead? Does anyone know? I'm worried that I won't be able to get to work tomorrow.