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Old 03-28-2007, 01:56 PM
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Default Key's locked inside .. Cell phone trick

Does your Jeep have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the Jeep and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your Jeep door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your Jeep will unlock.
Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your Jeep, you can unlock the doors.
This will work on any vehicle with remote/power locks.
What are you doing still sitting there, you know you gotta try it.
Old 03-28-2007, 01:58 PM
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thats one of the coolest things i've ever heard!!! I can't wait to try it
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NOPE NOPE NOPE! I got that same email the other day at work. We doubted it and then tried it. Guess what? It does not work!!!!!


It would be cool though if it did.
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http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp
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Originally Posted by CLACKEY573
NOPE NOPE NOPE! I got that same email the other day at work. We doubted it and then tried it. Guess what? It does not work!!!!!


It would be cool though if it did.
Yeah I was kinda thinking "how's the radio signal from the remote going to get transfered through the phone and open your jeep, let alone miles away?"
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Default Here's what I do...

When I lock my key in the Jeep and I don't have a spare near me....

I unzip the window.
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I'm Pi$$ed it don't work,..going back out and try again.
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Originally Posted by BJeepJK
Does your Jeep have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the Jeep and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your Jeep door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your Jeep will unlock.
Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your Jeep, you can unlock the doors.
This will work on any vehicle with remote/power locks.
What are you doing still sitting there, you know you gotta try it.
This is such a load of crap! I can't believe it got posted on this forum.
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Can you smell that? Smells like.....................
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