Can't imagine this working...

Just to set the stage, you're hundreds of miles away from home and lock your keys in the car. I read in Men's Health that you can call home and have someone pick up the spare key fob-clicky-thing that does your locks. That person can hold the fob up to their phone and you hold your cell up to the locked car. They can unlock your doors through the cell phone connection. Apparently, it will really work, but I have not tried it.

Nope.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp

Interesting post John. I did not think it would work either. Thanks for the info.

Ten years ago I'd say, "You're nuts!", but now-a-days, heck, anything is possible, and if it isn't it will be in a year or two.

Tried with my Envoy. It worked. Took a few trys, but it worked.

Jeff,

I also tried it some months ago and it worked, but then I realized that I was close enough for the car to pick up the signal from the rear of the house, duh. I never tried it from a block away but was told it would NOT work. I never veridied that but maybe if you could, we could put this urban myth to bed with a yes or no, LOL.

Did anybody look at the link in the second post?
This thread is an excellent example of how Urban Myths continue to spread. Amazing.

I agree, John. Remember guys, most of these devices are small radio transmitters and your car has a matching reciever. Since cell phones transmit sound in a limited range (admittedly via radio, but at different frequencies), there's no way that this can work. The only such devices that don't use radio signals are (or at least were) used by Mercedes who uses (used?) infrared similar to a TV remote. Again, a cell phone won't work here.

My secretary said it would work - but like you guys, I thought it was BS. We tried first to unlock the car from the building - nothing. Then we tried it from the same location with the cell phone setup. It took a few tries (moving the phone around the car) but it worked. Could have been a fluke..

I guess I am going to have to try it tonight.

If you are anywhere in the vicinity (within a couple of hundred yards) it'll work because of the transmitter in the keyfob, not through the cell phone. Make sure you're several miles away first. If it works I'll be amazed. I've had mine work sporadically from a building because of local interference. I'd wager your experience was a fluke.

I have wanted to reply to this thread 3 different times know, but I lack the science to back it up, but I'm going to say it anyway. THIS CAN NOT WORK !

OK, I'll put on the winter parka (yes, it's already snowing here) and give it a try again this afternoon. Stay tuned..