Every time I park in front of a friends apartment my remote key fails. It won't lock or unlock the doors. There are several radio towers in the area and I assume they're providing some RF interference.
Anyone else ever run into this?
There have been a couple of reports here that are similar. The Owner's Manual also mentions the possibility so it probably should not be a surprise.
Happens to me constantly at work. I find it very irritating.
MY remote seems to have a mind of its own sometimes and the buttons need to be redesigned. Now I know why it does not work so much of the time.
Had the same thing happen to me in a parking garage in downtown Phoenix. Scared me at first, as I thought my battery died, but after manually unlocking the door, she started right up!
Happened to me once, dont remember where though, but it was scary!
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When I first got my car I was complaining that the key locked and unlocked my car at odd times. I complained to the service manager who said it might be microwaves.
I later found that my problem was just a bad key design but your problem might actually be caused by those towers.
My car does weird things like that when parked at my ex's house. He's walked out to get something out of the car and it has locked when he has gotten within a few feet of it. (No, I wasn't locking it.) He's convinced the car hates him & calls it "Christine".
Yes, happened to me near radio and TV stations.
Happens to me when I park in a particular location in downtown Chicago near my office. In the morning, locking/unlocking is not an issue; but in the afternoon, I have to get within inches of the front of the car to get it to unlock (if it will unlock at all). It seems pretty clear to be a RF interference issue.
There is a spot in midtown NYC when my remote failed. Not far from it, my bmw remote failed as well...
happened to me at a local gtg about a year ago at the ala moana shopping center. presumably, it was rf interference.