I Want to Dispel a Myth
05-01-2008 | 07:09 PM
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From: Ft Walton Bch FL
I Want to Dispel a Myth
I know some time ago we discussed using a cell phone and another key fob to unlock your car door remotely. I want to let you know it DOES NOT WORK!
My son just called me from college, 300 miles away, to say he locked both sets of keys in his car. Why did I bother to give him an extra one? Of course, it also has every possession he took down there in it also. So we tried sending a signal by the cell phone to unlock the doors and it didn't work. I don't know the secret is but the locksmith is his way as I type. He may get home about 2am tomorrow!
My son just called me from college, 300 miles away, to say he locked both sets of keys in his car. Why did I bother to give him an extra one? Of course, it also has every possession he took down there in it also. So we tried sending a signal by the cell phone to unlock the doors and it didn't work. I don't know the secret is but the locksmith is his way as I type. He may get home about 2am tomorrow!
05-01-2008 | 07:21 PM
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05-01-2008 | 08:37 PM
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TK, I couldn't find anything in the article about using a cell phone to remotely unlock the doors. Sorry!
But this one answers it. http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar...nlock_door.htm.
But this one answers it. http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar...nlock_door.htm.
05-01-2008 | 08:45 PM
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I know some time ago we discussed using a cell phone and another key fob to unlock your car door remotely. I want to let you know it DOES NOT WORK!
My son just called me from college, 300 miles away, to say he locked both sets of keys in his car. Why did I bother to give him an extra one? Of course, it also has every possession he took down there in it also. So we tried sending a signal by the cell phone to unlock the doors and it didn't work. I don't know the secret is but the locksmith is his way as I type. He may get home about 2am tomorrow!
My son just called me from college, 300 miles away, to say he locked both sets of keys in his car. Why did I bother to give him an extra one? Of course, it also has every possession he took down there in it also. So we tried sending a signal by the cell phone to unlock the doors and it didn't work. I don't know the secret is but the locksmith is his way as I type. He may get home about 2am tomorrow!
05-01-2008 | 08:48 PM
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Yeah, I tried it a couple of years ago and found it didn't work. By the way, is it possible our children are related? My daughter loses keys constantly. Which reminds me, she has only one at this time. I better order another...:)
05-02-2008 | 09:24 PM
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It's a Ford, no chance of having Onstar. He got home at 2am and I didn't get much sleep waiting for him so it will be an early night tonight.
I made sure to give him an extra key and he ended up locking both keys and the remote in the car. Bet this will never happen again. Or, at least, he'll never tell me about it.
I made sure to give him an extra key and he ended up locking both keys and the remote in the car. Bet this will never happen again. Or, at least, he'll never tell me about it.
