Car Unlocking Myth

aardvaak

I earlier heard someone saying that if you get locked out of your car just phone home to whoever is at home and get them to press the spare key fop down the phone to unlock the car

This is a Car Unlocking Myth and is totally UNTRUE I tried it today.

Linus2864

Yep, it is a myth as is the method of using a tennis ball:


http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp

Edited to add: Hope you got into your car okay though . .

Hope this helps


L

Mark_Mark

aardvaak wrote: »

I earlier heard someone saying that if you get locked out of your car just phone home to whoever is at home and get them to press the spare key fop down the phone to unlock the car

This is a Car Unlocking Myth and is totally UNTRUE I tried it today.

Can't believe you thought it would work.

aardvaak

Mark_Mark wrote: »

Can't believe you thought it would work.

Well you hear these things and think it may be possible - obviously it is put about by people with to much gob.

aardvaak

Linus2864 wrote: »

Yep, it is a myth as is the method of using a tennis ball:


http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp

Edited to add: Hope you got into your car okay though . .

Hope this helps


L

Why didn't it work for me then?

I held my key fob to my phone and recorded it then played it back to the car - the fob made no tone whatsoever

bsms1147

aardvaak wrote: »

Why didn't it work for me then?

Because it's a myth...?

aardvaak

bsms1147 wrote: »

Because it's a myth...?

Then what is Linus2864 talking about?

bsms1147

aardvaak wrote: »

The what is Linus2864 talking about?

The post where he said it was a myth and the posted a link to a site that explained why it was a myth?

jimjames

aardvaak wrote: »

Then what is Linus2864 talking about?

A myth means it's not true?

aardvaak

jimjames wrote: »

A myth means it's not true?

That is what I said in the beginning - it's not true

yangptangkipperbang

aardvaak wrote: »

I held my key fob to my phone and recorded it then played it back to the car - the fob made no tone whatsoever

Remote car keys operate on a frequency of around 400Mhz, a telephone has a bandwidth of around 300Hz to 3500Hz - therefore 400MHz will not go through a telephone.

QED

That's why bats don't use phones :rotfl::rotfl: