That's what you get for letting your wife carry your purse.
Help with new car key's.
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That's what you get for letting your wife carry your purse.
JcMack
Member
Maybe 3 yrs ago my shop foreman and I were in the basement of a big grocery store pulling some new cat5 for a new installation. We were BS'n about the job, the wages, fortunately nothing about mgmt . This goof (actually a good guy) had our female mgr. programmed on speed dial on his cell. He accidentally butt dialed her and she was listening to our conversation. She was a good broad (not a detrimental comment, I really respected her) and she called me and told me to have Mark shut up/hang up. She could have listened in forever, IF she wanted. About a month later I bought her roses on "bosses day". That $30 investment really paid off.
BigE
Member
That's a tough problem. Try to pay attention to which way the fob is facing when you place it in your pocket. I have found if it is facing outward, i'm more likely to push buttons. So now I make an effort to place my keys in my pocket with the buttons facing my leg.
Similar problem is the "size" of car key's now. I carry both mine and my wife's car key on my key chain. Takes up half the space in my pocket! Why do they have to be so big. I remember the days when a GM car key was 1 1/4" long and only about 1/8" thick, you could put a couple car keys, house key, office key desk key etc. on your key chain and hardly know it was in your pocket.
eshap2
Member
simple
I have a keyless car and do not have a problem. You probl\aly have the key pod in your pocket with the buttons facing down in your pocket and when you bend down you are activating by pressing against your body. Just turn the key pod away from your body and problem is solved.
I have a keyless car and do not have a problem. You probl\aly have the key pod in your pocket with the buttons facing down in your pocket and when you bend down you are activating by pressing against your body. Just turn the key pod away from your body and problem is solved.
Quite often you can program what functions are active for the key and which are not. Check your owners manual.
JcMack
Member
The push button start vehicles are very vulnerable. (I've heard)
Keyless-Entry Cars Vulnerable to Silent Theft - KickingTires
Keyless-Entry Cars Vulnerable to Silent Theft - KickingTires
mattc
US Veteran
I work for a Nissan and Subaru dealer and here this concern all the time , there is a company out there that makes a rubber "sleeve" that fits over the key fob that has raised ribs in between the buttons and that has seemed to work
To add insult to injury consider the fact a portion of the hard-earned money you paid for the vehicle goes to paying some clueless idiot to think up and design that ingeneous solution to a non-existent problem. Is it just me or are we becoming the slaves rather than the masters of our technology?
gregintenn
Member
I'm with you! It seems that every time we trade vehicles, the keys are bigger than the last. They are a pain to get off and on a key ring, and are even getting to be uncomfortable to carry in my pocket.
On a slightly different note, I had a 67 Chevy II Nova when I was a teenager. It had a feature that prevented you from locking your keys in your car. You had to lock the door with the key after you shut it. You couldn't lock it and then shut it, it would unlock. I often wonder why this feature didn't become standard on all vehicles.
McBear
Member
The reason for the newer, larger keys are that they are part of the car's anti theft system. Those nice small, convenient keys of yesteryear could be copied with a piece of clay and the car started with wire. Now, your key is required to complete a complex electronic circuit. The result...many fewer impulse car thefts [though the pros can still dup the newest stuff.
By the way, don't EVER lose one of the shiny new electronic keys. At the Benz dealer they are $125 to replace and require title and DL to order a copy, even if the dealer has known you for decades.
