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Keyless entry remote "dead zone"
Posted on 5/22/17 at 7:30 am
Posted on 5/22/17 at 7:30 am
Within the last couple of days, both my driveway and carport have become a dead zone for several vehicles' keyless entry remotes. They work fine except for when said vehicle is parked at my house. Anyone ever expirience this or know what could be going on?
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Posted on 5/22/17 at 7:31 am to Big_country346
More like Twilight Zone.
Posted on 5/22/17 at 7:32 am to Big_country346
Try holding it to your head
Posted on 5/22/17 at 7:32 am to Big_country346
Happened at my old house, turned out it was haunted. Spirits of the damned have some kind of beef with keyless entry.
Posted on 5/22/17 at 7:36 am to Big_country346
how old are the remotes?
Posted on 5/22/17 at 7:38 am to Chicken
Oldest is for a 2006 Silverado, newest is a 16 silverado. 6 vehicles total only having remote problems at my house.
Wasn't having any problems until Saturday evening.
Wasn't having any problems until Saturday evening.
This post was edited on 5/22/17 at 7:39 am
Posted on 5/22/17 at 7:41 am to Big_country346
Did you recently put LED lights in your garage? The step down transformers in those LED bulbs can interfere with RF signals. Keyless remotes, garage door openers, etc.
Posted on 5/22/17 at 7:43 am to Big_country346
Sounds like the FBI is using a jammer on you.
Been part of any highly illegal activities lately? Notice a lack of phone calls coming in to cell phones?
The black suits are comin for ya!!
Been part of any highly illegal activities lately? Notice a lack of phone calls coming in to cell phones?
The black suits are comin for ya!!
Posted on 5/22/17 at 7:44 am to Big_country346
sounds like interference in your area. Have you added any new electronic equipment to your house? maybe a neighbor did?
This post was edited on 5/22/17 at 7:45 am
Posted on 5/22/17 at 7:47 am to Goalman34
Nothing out of the ordinary was done. It worked fine when I left and returned Saturday morning. Went get something out of the 06 and it didn't work, figured the battery was dead or remote crapped out. Went to get in the wife's '15 traverse that evening and it didnt work. Tried 4 other vehicles since and none work.
Posted on 5/22/17 at 7:49 am to Chicken
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Have you added any new electronic equipment to your house? maybe a neighbor did?
Not that I'm aware of. I'll ask around.
Posted on 5/22/17 at 7:59 am to Big_country346
Thought I'd add, my nearest neighbor is +/- 300 ft and it's an older couple. I think the lady is the only one with a phone and it's an old flip phone. Never seen a computer in their house either.
Posted on 5/22/17 at 8:01 am to Big_country346
Gotta go with the touch door handle on the car. It'll change your life. No more needing to even think about your keys.
I wish my apartment door had that
I wish my apartment door had that
Posted on 5/22/17 at 8:06 am to Big_country346
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6 vehicles total only having remote problems at my house.
subtlebrag
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Gotta go with the touch door handle on the car.
Proximity keys are the shite.
This post was edited on 5/22/17 at 8:09 am
Posted on 5/22/17 at 8:07 am to TigerstuckinMS
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subtlebrag
notallminebaw
Posted on 5/22/17 at 8:09 am to Big_country346
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notallminebaw
Oh, really, poor?
Come on. How did you think that was gonna go?
Posted on 5/22/17 at 8:12 am to Big_country346
It could be a ton of things, honestly. Baby monitors, any sort of wireless automation in your house or neighbors houses
Posted on 5/22/17 at 8:20 am to LSUsmartass
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Come on. How did you think that was gonna go?
I don't catch sarcasm through text, sorry I missed it.
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It could be a ton of things, honestly. Baby monitors, any sort of wireless automation in your house or neighbors houses
Along with the neighbors, I'm relatively low tech. That's what's messing with me. This iPhone in my hand is about the most high tech thing I own, next to the directv cable box.
Posted on 5/22/17 at 8:26 am to LSUsmartass
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It could be a ton of things, honestly. Baby monitors, any sort of wireless automation in your house or neighbors houses
Okay, enough ballbusting.
This is the correct answer. ANYTHING new in the house that is constantly powered could be the source of the interference. It doesn't necessarily have to transmit on the same frequency as the key fob (though a device designed to transmit on the same frequency is a likely culprit), but it does have to be constantly powered to cause constant interference if it's stray RF.
A VERY rough way to run it down is to move a vehicle around the house and test how well the key fob works, moving toward and from the vehicle and gauging how much interference there is. Your culprit is going to be nearer the spots where the fobs perform the worst. This method will also be affected by the exterior walls of your house, so it's entirely possible that you get no result at all because the walls block the interference where the interior garage walls don't.
This post was edited on 5/22/17 at 8:35 am
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