Keyless Entry/Go Security

[Oneball]

My Dad has just got a new car with keyless go and we were having a chat about the stuff in the news regarding them getting nicked. You can’t turn the feature off so what do you do or is it not that much of a risk?

 

[Scaf]

Guess it depends how “desirable “ the car is but I take sensible precautions such as not leaving the key close to the front door so they can’t boost the signal.

 

[doodlebug]

You can get metal pouches to put the key in. The pouch is a Faraday cage and radio signals can't get in or out.

 

[outrun]

I had my bags stolen from my sister's BMW 5er in Berlin by a gang that steals the key info when you lock your car. Arriving at her flat, opening the boot and finding nothing in it was a very surreal experience!

We keep our keys at home in a Faraday Cage so that we don't lose a car while we're asleep. In some ways I'm in two minds about it as I really don't want broken into for keys so they can have the cars, that's what insurance is for!

 

[GeoffCapes]

Some cars the function can be turned off.

I know it can in my Jag, but I would probably have to read the manual to work out how to do it.

 

[Oneball]

I’ll have a look at the Faraday cage bags for him. It’s a 5 series so presumably the bags nicked from the boot thing is still possible with a bag?

I had keyless go on a Harley but you could turn that off with a key. It seems you can’t on BMWs

 

[Zep]

My BMW has keyless go, but you have to press the button to lock and unlock it. That way I still have to unlock it, and then find somewhere to put the sodding keys because there is no slot.

 

[Zep]

Oh and I once spent the evening with a lady friend only to walk out the next day and the boot was wideopen. So you have to be careful which button you press

 

[Oneball]

My BMW has keyless go, but you have to press the button to lock and unlock it. That way I still have to unlock it, and then find somewhere to put the sodding keys because there is no slot.

His is an older generation and you just touch the handle to lock/unlock.

Oh and I once spent the evening with a lady friend only to walk out the next day and the boot was wideopen. So you have to be careful which button you press

Which slot did you put the key in?!

 

[Phil H]

How to avoid keyless theft | Auto Express

The number of cars being stolen via keyless theft is increasing: here's what you can do to keep your car safe

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PH

 

[Scaf]

Why they don’t just have a switch in the remote to allow suit to turn it off I have no idea.

 

[GeoffCapes]

Oh and I once spent the evening with a lady friend only to walk out the next day and the boot was wideopen. So you have to be careful which button you press

On the lady or the key fob?
Or both!

 

[Zep]

On the lady or the key fob?
Or both!

Draw your own conclusions

 

[Zep]

His is an older generation and you just touch the handle to lock/unlock.



Which slot did you put the key in?!

I mean’t the button on the remote.

I was trying to say the thing where, if you put the key next to your head and it extends the range of the remote also works with other bones. But that doesn’t help does it?

 

[Wack61]

Why they don’t just have a switch in the remote to allow suit to turn it off I have no idea.

But how would we cope , having to press a button to unlock the car , pull a lever to stop it rolling away

 

[Oneball]

I mean’t the button on the remote.

If you use the fob to lock yours do you then have to use the fob to unlock?

I’m sure it doesn’t make a difference in my Dad’s

 

[zagatoes30]

Must admit always been concerned by the keyless entry cars, I get keyless start but I would still prefer to press a button on the key to unlock. Mate has a Jag that has keyless entry, it locks as the key moves away from the car but how do you know because as soon as he walks back it unlocks. So at Le Mans we all sat and watched him walk away, put the key on the table and then walk back to check it was locked.

We just sat drinking beer and laughing whilst he went through this process everytime he left it, we might even have been guilty of picking up the key and moving close to the car so that it unlocked just to drive him even closer to insanity.

 

[GeoffCapes]

Must admit always been concerned by the keyless entry cars, I get keyless start but I would still prefer to press a button on the key to unlock. Mate has a Jag that has keyless entry, it locks as the key moves away from the car but how do you know because as soon as he walks back it unlocks. So at Le Mans we all sat and watched him walk away, put the key on the table and then walk back to check it was locked.

We just sat drinking beer and laughing whilst he went through this process everytime he left it, we might even have been guilty of picking up the key and moving close to the car so that it unlocked just to drive him even closer to insanity.

He obviously doesn't know about the double lock facility.
Basically it locks the car twice and beeps to let you know.

 

[Doohickey]

Must admit always been concerned by the keyless entry cars, I get keyless start but I would still prefer to press a button on the key to unlock. Mate has a Jag that has keyless entry, it locks as the key moves away from the car but how do you know because as soon as he walks back it unlocks. So at Le Mans we all sat and watched him walk away, put the key on the table and then walk back to check it was locked.

We just sat drinking beer and laughing whilst he went through this process everytime he left it, we might even have been guilty of picking up the key and moving close to the car so that it unlocked just to drive him even closer to insanity.

My old Jag had keyless entry but it didn't lock automatically when you walked away; you still had to press a button on the door handle and the lights flashed so you knew it was locked. It unlocked just by pulling the door handle.

Strangely, the engine didn't switch off if you took the key out of the car but you couldn't restart it without the key. Led to one or two interesting conversations with the missus when I'd driven somewhere and forgotten to leave the key when I got out and she went somewhere else!

 

[Scaf]

My Jag was the same - press the key or door handle to lock it, if I am unsure I look to the folded mirrors to confirm.
I could certainly live without the keyless functionality.