Ever locked your keys in the car?

[pammy]

Go on, admit it - most of us have at some time or another. But here seems to be an easy way of getting in:

(stolen unashamedly from another forum)

If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on your mobile. Hold your mobile phone about a foot from your car door and have the other person at your home press the unlock button of your key fob (clicker), holding it near the phone on their end. Your car doors will unlock.

Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you.

Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the boot!).

It would also be great if you have lost your keys and need to getsomething - for example dogs - out of the car.

Must admit I haven't tried it but others I know say they have and that it works.

 

[Brian WH]

Go on, admit it - most of us have at some time or another. But here seems to be an easy way of getting in:

(stolen unashamedly from another forum)

If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on your mobile. Hold your mobile phone about a foot from your car door and have the other person at your home press the unlock button of your key fob (clicker), holding it near the phone on their end. Your car doors will unlock.

Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you.

Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the boot!).

It would also be great if you have lost your keys and need to getsomething - for example dogs - out of the car.

Must admit I haven't tried it but others I know say they have and that it works.

Not much good if it is Infrared!!!!

 

[pammy]

Not much good if it is Infrared!!!!

No indeed - but hubbies Chrysler isn't and lots aren't

 

[Ian B Walker]

Nice trick. Go on Pammy, try it on mine, I dare you hahahahaha. No remote

 

[fuzzer]

i used the boot opener button to open the boot , keys fell in

boot lid got shut , i said shit ..

 

[pluggers]

I cant ever remember locking the keys in but I do remember an auto elecrition (so called expert ) locking my keys in one of my other cars.He was ready to break the glass until I stepped in.We had to open the bonnet then my little trick was to take the power cable off the battery and repeatingly touch the battery terminal making the central locking go haywire whilst trying to open the door,It did work

 

[Lazarus]

I did *once*

My old 5-Series BMW had a feature that would automatically lock the doors about 30 seconds after putting the key in the ignition.

I was looking at a 7 series and started the 5 to demo the engine to the dealer, the door slammed shut and there was the car running (perfectly well) with the keys locked in it. I had to drive home (about 9 miles) to get the spare set, lets just say that I had a good test drive in the 7

 

[GrahamC230K]

I thought Pammy's story above was proven to be complete tosh in a thread we had a while back?

 

[Rory]

My old 5-Series BMW had a feature that would automatically lock the doors about 30 seconds after putting the key in the ignition.

What an absurd feature!


Will MB's auto lock if they're being pushed, with the ignition on - I guess they will, so I wonder how often that's happened? Cue vision of car running away down a hill

I think my W203 has a rolling road 'mode' that mainly disables traction control, but I believe it also prevents auto locking too.

 

[prprandall51]

Sorry, Pammy, this is an urban legend, as detailed on the excellent Urban Legends website:
Urban Legends

I have been disappointed to find just how many of the wonderful stories I have heard over the years have been investigated by this site and shown to be untrue.

Best regards
Philip

 

[pammy]

aaw - Phil you spoiled it. I know it's an urban legend - but it's a good un and I love the fact that someone I know has tried it and it worked. I wanted to see if anyone here had also given it a go

 

[PJH]

....and I love the fact that someone I know has tried it and it worked.

Erm, surely then if it DOES work then it's not a legend/myth. Perhaps it only works for certain makes/types.
Can't you get Nigel to try it from your landline?

 

[pammy]

Erm, surely then if it DOES work then it's not a legend/myth. Perhaps it only works for certain makes/types.
Can't you get Nigel to try it from your landline?

I might do when he gets home but he went back to work today poor chuck

 

[Bugblatter]

Amusing, but it can't possibly work. Car remotes work on either infra red or radio frequency, neither of which would come out of the speaker on a mobile phone. Only sound comes out of the speaker.

It could just be possible with a remote which uses audio frequencies, but I believe that technology hasn't been used for 20+ years.

 

[prprandall51]

Pammy, I am appalled. There is a cruel streak within you that is at odds with the angelic avatar that you have chosen.

To think you would have members of this forum standing outside - possibly in quite inclement conditions - clutching a mobile phone to their door handle whilst pleading with their wearied partners (located indoors) to "give it one more go because Pammy said it would definitely work" is quite shocking.

Clearly, this shows that in your early childhood there was a complete absence of bedtime story-telling that tackled the thorny problems associated with honesty. I expect that Little Red Riding Hood, for example, is completely unknown to you.

Philip

 

[pammy]

. I expect that Little Red Riding Hood, for example, is completely unknown to you.

Philip

lol - oh and I do know Little Red Riding Hood - that's the one where the poor ickle wolf gets killed by that nasty girl's daddy - so cruel, thoughtless and unnecessary.

And we're on the right side of the weather front atm and have glorious hot sunshine not a drop of rain in sight - until later that is

 

[SimonsMerc]

Erm, surely then if it DOES work then it's not a legend/myth. Perhaps it only works for certain makes/types.
Can't you get Nigel to try it from your landline?

From snopes.com: More than a few people have inadvertently fooled themselves into believing the cell phone method of unlocking car doors actually works because they tried it and achieved the desired results — not realizing their cars were still within range of their keyless remote devices, and the signals that unlocked the doors were transmitted the usual way [i.e., through the air], not via cellular phone connections.

I love snopes, the guy who runs it is a friend of a friend - he introduced me to it a good many years ago and I've looked in there every so often ever since to pick up the new funnies

-simon

 

[Brett]

I locked my Corvette with the key in the ignition in Manchester. Phoned the police for advice as to what to do as the spare keys were in Surrey. They told me to get "a professional" to break in as all they would do is smash a window!

A guy that was in the house of the people I was visiting said he'd be able to hook the key out the ignition and we would be able to force it through between the window and the seal. I told him that if he managed that, we could go for a cruise "as a reward".

He managed it! So, ten o' clock at night, I took him for a cruise. We got 1/2 mile before I was tailed by a cop car all the way back to his house. When we stopped, they pulled over and did their usual "are you the registered keeper of this vehicle?" routine.

Luckily, I had all the paperwork with me, and they went away happy with that. I'd noticed that my passenger was very quiet throughout this whole procedure, which was at odds with the way he'd been all day before this.

Turned out, the git had a concealed weapon on him (I had no idea) and if he's been searched, we'd both have had some big questions to answer. Since then, I've been almost paranoid about ensuring I have my keys in my pocket before I close any door in my car.

 

[prprandall51]

I am always careful to not lock my keys in my car.

The thought that this simple act of forgetfullness could easily lead to me giving an armed hood a lift and then subsequently finding myself in prison being eyed up longingly by big blokes with easy views on my sensitivities never leaves my mind and always spurs me to check where my keys are.

Philip