• Artyom@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    I’ve heard of Tesla owners being unable to get into their car because their wireless-only key fob was to close to a radio dish and was being effectively jammed. The owner had to go under the car and hide the remote from the radar dish to get it to unlock

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      7 months ago

      Yikes. Wouldn’t that effect all fob style entries though? A lot of cars do that.

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        7 months ago

        Yes it will kill any brand’s wireless capability, but almost every wireless key fob also has a valet key that can open the door without any wireless connection. Tesla’s mistake was to require you to use the wireless fob.